More than 200,000 potholes on more than 400 miles of road surfacing have been fixed or prevented throughout Wales since April last year, according to the Welsh government.
The improvements have been funded by the Welsh Government’s local government borrowing initiative, which has enabled local councils to fix or prevent around 171,000 potholes across 324 miles of local roads in Wales and more than 30,000 potholes across 65 miles of the Strategic Road Network (SRN).
To date, 1,011 local and 24 trunk road resurfacing schemes have been completed across the country with more to come before the end of the financial year.
Work was completed just before Christmas on the M4, J24 to 26 Coldra to Malpas, and a further two major schemes - the A55 Dobbs Hill to Ewloe and the A483 Beulah - will take place in 2026.
Schemes such as A48 Redhill to Stormy Down in Bridgend are already making a big difference in the local community, the Welsh government added.
Ken Skates, cabinet secretary for transport and North Wales, said: “Fixing our roads is a priority for this government.
“I am delighted with the fantastic progress that’s been made since April and there’s a lot more to come.
“We have significantly increased our investment in road maintenance and preventative treatments this financial year to deliver improvements across both the strategic and local road networks.
“As well as extending the longevity of Welsh roads and critical infrastructure, this work is also helping to keep communities connected safely and sustainably which in turn will help benefit the economy.”
The local government borrowing initiative provides an extra £10m of revenue funding to local councils to enable them to unlock an additional £120m over two years of capital funding to accelerate the process of fixing local roads and pavements in Wales.
Since 2021 the Welsh government said it has spent more than £81m on resurfacing around 200 miles of roads on the trunk network across Wales.
Combined with the forecasted spend for 2025-26, by the end of this Senedd term £118m will have been spent to repair more than 311 miles of road defects and potholes, the government added.
