Almost £125 million investment to improve and maintain West Yorkshire’s roads over the next two years has been agreed.
It will see approximately 450 miles of road repaired and protected, as well as wider highways works.
The largest part of this funding, totalling £105.2m, will go towards asset management including resurfacing and repairing roads, maintaining structures such as bridges, improving drains as well as renewing streetlights and signs across the region.
This includes £14.8m from the Local Highways Maintenance Fund announced by government back in December 2024.
Meanwhile £8.3m has been earmarked for the Safe Roads programme, which includes new traffic calming measures and improvements to junctions. A further almost £10m will go towards network management such as enhancing traffic lights and new pedestrian crossings, while £600,000 will help develop active travel schemes.
The funding was approved by regional leaders at a full West Yorkshire Combined Authority meeting on Thursday 3rd April, as part of the final two years of the City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) scheme.
Projects will cover all West Yorkshire’s districts, with each partner council having their own allocation.
Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, said: “We know that poor roads in West Yorkshire are a big issue for motorists, causing damage and creating unsafe driving conditions.
“This funding will be a huge boost to help fix more potholes, repair more roads and improve safety.
“Ensuring all our roads are safe and well maintained is important for building a better-connected region.”
Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Leader of Bradford Council, said: “Safer, better maintained roads will enable improved connectivity and support more sustainable journeys by bus, cycle and walking as well as improving journey times for all road users.”
This funding will help the Combined Authority continue to support the work of local council partners to improve roads in West Yorkshire.
From April to December last year, the CA oversaw the delivery of more than 64 miles of road renewal and almost 135 miles of preventative treatment such as surface dressing, a method of extending a road’s lifespan, as well as repairing nearly 245,000m² of potholes.
The road network in West Yorkshire is over 5,500 miles long, and the Combined Authority will continue to push for more funding to go further.
This also forms part of the West Yorkshire Vision Zero initiative to eliminate all road deaths and serious injuries across the region by 2040.
More information on this funding can be found in the Combined Authority committee papers: WYCA – Modern Gov.
