See which roads will get Government cash to repair potholes

Busy roads such as Cutler Heights Lane, Town Gate in Wyke and Belle View in Ilkley are included in the list of planned works.

And the Keighley and Shipley constituencies will get hundreds of thousands of pounds to help repair unadopted roads.

The pothole cash is being distributed to local authorities after the Government decision to scrap the Northern leg of HS2 – the long-promised rail scheme that was due to be the biggest infrastructure project in the North for decades. 

After the controversial announcement, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revealed that some of the money saved through the cancellation of the multi-billion pound project would instead go towards routine road repairs – which he argued were a higher priority for the electorate.

The Government has said Councils will need to publish lists of roads that will get the cash, as well as regular updates for residents starting from June.

Failure to do so could lead to future funding for roadworks being withheld.

This week the Department for Transport announced that the public could now see the list of all the roads getting funding.

The roads in Bradford to benefit from the work, previously published by West Yorkshire Combined Authority, include:

Barkerend Road - £70,000 will be spent resurfacing 2,000 square metres of road.

Cutler Heights Lane - £170,000 will go towards the resurfacing of 4,400 square metres of road.

Town Gate in Wyke - £160,000 spent resurfacing 4,000 square metres of road.

High Street in Wibsey is currently being resurfaced at a cost of £90,000.

Work to resurface Wibsey High Street (Image: T&A)£11,000 will be spent on the bus turning circle in Royd Wood Terrace, Cullingworth.

Brantcliffe Way, Baildon (£12,000)

Merville Avenue, Baildon (£10,000)

New Close Road, Nab Wood (£40,000)

Mary Street/Minorca Mount, Denholme (£18,000)

Thornacre Road, Wrose (£30,000)

Back Grangefield Avenue, Burley (£23,000)

Back Lawn Avenue, Burley (£22,000)

Back Norwood Terrace, Burley (£10,000)

Rockland Place, Baildon (£5,000)

Suresnes Road, Keighley (£40,000)

Reservoir Road, Stanbury (£55,000)

Belle Vue, Ilkley (£15,000)

Wheathead Lane, Keighley (£48,000)

Granby Lane, Keighley (£35,000)

Howden Road, Silsden (£22,000)

Micro Asphalt will be laid on three roads – Spring Close in Gilstead (£3,000), Low Close, Gilstead (£3,000) and The Robins in Burley (£8,000).

Funds will also be allocated to posts to serve whole constituencies.

Bradford South will get £78,000 for short-term carriageway patching and £40,000 for carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt.

Bradford East gets £78,000 for carriageway patching and £40,000 for carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt work.

Bradford West gets £78,000 for carriageway patching and £40,000 for carriageway and footway slurry / micro asphalt work.

Shipley will get £85,000 for carriageway patching, £70,000 for footway slurry sealing/resurfacing and a further £155,000 for resurfacing unclassified roads.

Keighley gets £85,530 for carriageway patching, £75,000 for footway slurry sealing/resurfacing and £175,000 for resurfacing unadopted roads.

A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “Councils in Yorkshire and the Humber have already been paid over £14 million to get on with the work and deliver improvements, with another £14 million following in this financial year. 

“As a condition of this funding, and to make sure money is being spent on pothole repairs, local authorities are required to publish a two-year plan detailing exactly which local roads will benefit.      

“An initiative intending to bring increased transparency to how local councils deliver taxpayer-funded improvements, residents in Yorkshire and the Humber can now immediately see the benefits to their area made possible by reallocated HS2 funding, holding their local authority to account for delivering local road improvements.

“Having submitted their first reports last month, councils in Yorkshire will now also be required to submit quarterly reports from June, announcing work which has taken place over three months, meaning residents will now regularly be able to scrutinise the progress their local authority is doing to tackle potholes.”

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said: “Alongside this unprecedented funding, which is already being used to improve local roads, we’re making sure residents can hold their local authority to account and see for themselves how the investment will be spent to improve local roads for years to come.”