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SWANSEA: Is your street next? Council signs off £14.5m for roads as 4,600 potholes filled

More of Swansea’s streets are in line for resurfacing after the council signed off £14.5m for the city’s roads.

Cabinet has approved further highways funding, which the council said built on a wider commitment of more than £12m for resurfacing, repairs and potholes — taking total investment to around £14.5m in 2026-27. The authority described it as a record level of investment.

The decision follows the extra £2m for the city’s roads the council set out earlier this month, which has now been formally approved.

The council said almost 4,600 potholes had been filled in the first five months of this year, alongside resurfacing schemes across the city.

It said recent resurfacing had included Cwm Level roundabout, Wimmerfield Drive in Killay, Roseland Road in Waunarlwydd, and Vardre Road in Clydach, along with streets in Uplands and Morriston.

The council said further work was planned through its small resurfacing programme, with schemes scheduled in Gowerton, Penclawdd, Mayals and Bishopston.

It said the latest funding would pay for more carriageway resurfacing, junction improvements and urgent smaller repairs, helping to tackle a backlog of maintenance.

Cllr Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, said residents wanted to see real improvements to the condition of the city’s roads.

“This record level of investment is helping us deliver that,” he said. “People are already seeing resurfacing and repair work taking place in communities right across Swansea, and thousands of potholes have been fixed in recent months.”

He said the latest funding would allow the council to do more in the year ahead, meaning “more resurfaced roads, more local repairs and a continued focus on the areas that matter most to residents.”

Cllr Stevens also acknowledged that the council’s approach to potholes was, in many cases, a stopgap.

“Our commitment to pothole repairs, for example, is to provide a temporary fix for problem places while we plan more full repairs at a later date,” he said.

He added that the investment also supported longer-term work to make the road network more resilient, including drainage and flood prevention.

The funding comes after the council’s wider road repair blitz earlier this year, when it said new resurfacing crews had been brought in to step up the programme.

The council said further schemes would be confirmed as the programme continued.

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SWANSEA: Extra £2m for the city’s roads — and the £686k that unlocks a long-awaited flood fix

Swansea‘s roads are in line for another £2m of repairs, with councillors also asked to put up £686,000 that would unlock nearly £4m of Welsh Government cash to tackle a stream that floods homes at Blackpill.

The spending goes before a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, on top of the £3.468m already set aside for highways this year.

Of the extra £2m, £1m would go on carriageway resurfacing, £300,000 on junctions and roundabouts, and £700,000 on urgent small-scale repairs reacting to roads as they deteriorate.

It adds to a run of road spending in the city, including the £20m investment in the road network announced last year and the winter repair blitz that brought in extra crews.

The council says its infrastructure needs significant investment and that there is a major backlog of work to clear.

The flood money is the standout item. The £686,000 is being lined up as match funding for a long-planned scheme to re-engineer Brockhole Stream.

The stream runs down through Clyne Gardens and under Mumbles Road onto the beach, and a small number of nearby properties have been hit by flash-flooding in heavy rain.

Brockhole Stream running through Clyne Gardens (Image: John Gutai)

The council’s £686,000 would draw down a £3.874m Welsh Government grant, with the contribution spread across 2026-27 and 2027-28.

The Welsh Government’s flood programme for 2026-27 lists £1.52m for the Brockhole construction this year, with 17 properties expected to benefit once it is finished.

It is one of several Swansea drainage schemes in the pipeline, following the design grants the council secured to work up flood projects across the city.

Others moving through design include West Street in Gorseinon, which would protect 65 homes, and Kingrosia Park in Clydach, where 39 properties are at risk. Western Street in Sandfields would cover 17 homes, Beryl Road in Clydach another 11 properties, and the Bellevue watercourse a further 20.

That work follows years of drainage misery across the city, from the long-running chaos at Killay Square to repeated flooding on a key Gower road.

Floodwater covering the junction at Killay Square during heavy rain, leaving vehicles and pedestrians struggling to get through.
(Image: Swansea Council)

The roads money comes from a mix of Welsh Government capital grant, a £3m allocation from the Economic Growth Fund, and £7.1m of Welsh Government-backed borrowing aimed at the highways backlog.

But the report carries a clear warning for drivers hoping the pace will hold. It states that no additional highways funding has been approved for 2027-28, meaning budgets will drop back to core levels, with fewer schemes and a smaller small-repairs programme.

The report, by highways maintenance group leader Bob Fenwick, asks councillors to approve the allocations and to hand the head of highways, with the cabinet member’s agreement, the power to decide which schemes get the money.

Cabinet meets on Thursday, 25 June.

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Swansea’s road repair blitz ramps up as new resurfacing crews hit the streets

The council says an additional £300,000 has been pumped into the programme, allowing teams to tackle more potholes, worn‑out stretches and weather‑damaged routes after weeks of cold, wet conditions.

Fresh resurfacing lined up across the city

A series of busy roads are now earmarked for work in the coming weeks, including key routes in Clydach, Morriston, Fforestfach, Llansamlet, Clase, Bishopston and Uplands.

Locations scheduled for repairs include:

• Ynyspenllwch Road, Clydach (Ffordd Cwmtawe to Clydach)
• Lone Road, Clydach
• Llanllienwen Road, Morriston
• A48, Morriston (J46 to Bryntywod entrance)
• Carmarthen Road, Fforestfach (Ffordd Cynore to Swansea Road)
• Nantong Way, Llansamlet (outside Royal Mail)
• Rheidol Avenue, Clase
• Bishopston Road, Bishopston
• Maes y Gwernen Road and Drive, Cwmrhydyceirw
• Uplands Crescent

The council says full resurfacing has already been completed at a number of high‑traffic spots, including the Peniel Green Road motorway junction.

‘We’re using every resource we’ve got’

Cllr Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, said crews were working flat out to keep up with demand.

“We are using all of our resources to tackle as many of the highway repair requests as possible,” he said.

“Full resurfacing work is being completed at key traffic spots including the motorway junction at Peniel Green Road. Our small resurfacing teams are also out tackling large areas of road that have been impacted by the recent cold and wet weather.”

Part of a wider £300k pothole and resurfacing blitz

The council says the latest work forms part of the £300,000 pothole and resurfacing blitz announced earlier this winter. According to the authority’s early‑February update, teams filled around 960 potholes in January, with repairs running at “around 100 a day” during the coldest weeks. The same update confirmed that full resurfacing had recently been completed on Peniel Green Road at the M4 junction, along with sections of Frampton Road, Carmarthen Road and Ffynone Road in Uplands.

The council said an extra team had been brought in to “speed up and increase the number of repairs”, with more resurfacing schemes scheduled across the city in the coming weeks as the winter programme continues.

£37m proposed for highways and transport

The council’s proposed budget for 20206/27 is due to be discussed by the council’s cabinet on 19 February. This includes a new Economic Growth Fund which according to the council would include an extra £3m for resurfacing and potholes, taking next year’s roads budget to more than £12m within a wider £37m allocation for highways and transport.

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Swansea launches £300k pothole blitz as major M4 roundabout set for overnight resurfacing

The council said more than 760 potholes were filled in December alone, with teams now working “day and night” to keep traffic moving. Some of the busiest periods saw up to 150 new pothole reports a day as ice, snow and heavy rain caused road surfaces to crack and break up.

According to the authority, four repair teams are now travelling the city aiming to fill around 100 potholes a day, with an additional specialist crew drafted in to tackle larger patches where the top layer of road has been stripped away by the weather.

Cllr Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, Swansea Council, said the scale of the problem was being felt “right across the country”, but Swansea was “taking action to tackle the problem”.

He said the extra teams would repeat last year’s post‑Christmas campaign, which saw larger surface defects repaired at a rate of one location a day for two months.

The pothole push comes alongside the council’s wider £20m highways investment for 2025/26, which includes major resurfacing already completed in Ynysforgan, Killay, Morriston, West Cross, Birchgrove, Gowerton and Llanmorlais. Recent work has also taken place on the A4118 in South Gower and the A48 Peniel Green Road near the M4.

Highways workers laying fresh tarmac as part of Swansea Council’s winter road repair programme.
(Image: Swansea Council)

Overnight works at M4 junction 44

As part of the same programme, the council confirmed that highways teams will spend the next week resurfacing the main roundabout at M4 junction 44 (Birchgrove) overnight to minimise disruption. A smaller roundabout on the B4625, which links to the westbound M4, will also be renewed.

Cllr Stevens said the junction was “a very busy part of the network” and in need of resurfacing “to keep motorists on the move”.

He added that record investment in the 2025/26 maintenance programme had allowed the council to prioritise full resurfacing schemes in areas most affected by wear and heavy traffic.

Recent resurfacing has also been completed on the A4118 at Parkmill, West Cross Avenue, Woodfield Street in Morriston and Mill Street in Gowerton.

Swansea Council maintains more than 1,000 miles of non‑motorway roads and says engineers carry out regular inspections to identify defects. The public can also report potholes directly, with the council pledging to repair as many as possible within 48 hours.

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Pothole patchwork: Welsh Government hails 37,000 fixes – but drivers still face a bumpy ride

Broken roads are costing drivers dear

For motorists, the numbers are more than statistics. The RAC says drivers in England and Wales encounter an average of six potholes per mile, while the AA reports that fixing potholes is a priority for 96% of drivers.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned that “broken roads can risk lives and cost families hundreds if not thousands of pounds on repairs”. Industry data backs that up: Halfords says more than a quarter of drivers suffered pothole damage last year, with repairs averaging £718 for suspension, wheels and tyres.

AA president Edmund King has urged councils to focus on “permanent and innovative repairs rather than adopting a ‘patch and run’ approach”, warning that potholes can be fatal for cyclists and motorcyclists.

Highways worker carrying out a pothole repair.

Who is actually responsible for fixing the roads?

Part of the confusion for drivers is that not all roads are the same.

• The Welsh Government maintains trunk roads and motorways such as the M4 and A40.
• Local councils are responsible for local roads, using a mix of their own budgets and government‑backed borrowing.

So when the Welsh Government says 37,000 potholes were fixed or prevented between April and September, that only covers work funded through its own schemes. It doesn’t capture the full scale of day‑to‑day repairs carried out by councils.

🛠️ Report a pothole

Not sure who’s responsible for the road? Use the right link below to make sure your report gets to the right place:

• Swansea Council – Report a pothole
• Neath Port Talbot Council – Report potholes
• Carmarthenshire Council – Report a pothole
• Bridgend Council – Report an issue (potholes)
• Pembrokeshire Council – Report a problem
• Trunk roads & motorways (SWTRA / Traffic Wales)

Tip: If you’re not sure who’s responsible, start with your local council — they’ll redirect you if it’s a trunk road.

Highways team completing a larger patch repair to the road surface.
(Image: Swansea Council)

Councils’ budgets show a fragmented picture

Earlier this year, councils set their budgets for 2025/26 — and the differences are stark.

• In Swansea, councillors approved a record £20m investment in highways, covering resurfacing, pavements, bridges and drainage. By mid‑year, schemes such as the 8km resurfacing of the B4295 on Gower had already been delivered.
• In Bridgend, the budget included £590,000 for highways works, topped up by £2.9m from the Welsh Government’s borrowing initiative.
• In Pembrokeshire, councillors warned last year that the county faced a period of “managed decline” in its road network, with only the most urgent repairs affordable.

The result is a patchwork: Swansea trumpeting record spending, Bridgend relying on borrowing, and Pembrokeshire openly admitting the limits of what it can achieve.

Drone view of resurfacing works on the A40 dual carriageway in Carmarthen.
(Image: Welsh Government)

Swansea leads on transparency – others lag behind

Swansea is also unusual in publishing weekly updates on potholes fixed, including how many were repaired within 48 hours. Those logs show dozens repaired every week — far higher than the 57 potholes attributed to Swansea in the Welsh Government’s dataset for the same six‑month period.

Neighbouring councils do not routinely publish similar data. Carmarthenshire revealed in a scrutiny report that it logged more than 10,000 potholes in 2024, while Pembrokeshire and Bridgend figures tend to surface only through FOI requests or budget papers.

That lack of consistency makes it harder for residents to compare performance across Wales — and harder to hold councils to account.

Pothole on a rural road in South West Wales.
(Image: Swansea Bay News)

A road ahead that still looks uneven

For drivers, the frustration is simple: the roads they use every day often feel worse than the official figures suggest. For councils and ministers, the reality is more complicated — split responsibilities, ring‑fenced funding streams, and budgets that vary wildly from county to county.

Swansea’s weekly repair logs and record investment show what transparency and ambition can look like. But elsewhere, figures are harder to come by, and some councils admit they are managing decline rather than delivering improvement.

The Welsh Government’s claim of 37,000 potholes fixed in six months is eye‑catching, but it is only part of the picture. Until there is a consistent way of reporting repairs — and a sustainable level of funding to match the scale of the problem — drivers across South West Wales are likely to keep feeling every bump in the road.

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