PATCH road repair team returns for 2015

AN expert repair team is spending the week in St Thomas to fill in potholes and fix other road problems.

The eastside community is the first to be visited by the returning PATCH scheme this year. The PATCH project (Priority Action for Community Highways) spends an intensive week in all Swansea’s 32 electoral wards between mid-April and the end of December.

The PATCH work is in addition to other Swansea Council teams who are out and about every day to inspect the city’s roads, fill in potholes and attend to other road defects.

Other communities to benefit this month include Bonymaen and the city centre. The PATCH project will then visit Clydach, Llansamlet, Townhill and Cwmbwrla in May.

Cllr Mark Thomas, Swansea Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “The PATCH project has been a great success since it was first introduced. It means expert road repair teams spend an intensive week in all communities across the city to complement the work our other teams are doing every day to fill in potholes, repair roads and keep the city moving.

“We’ve already attended to over 1,500 potholes and other road defects this year, so the public can be assured we’re doing all we can. Like all other parts of the country, it’s only natural that the winter will have an impact on the condition of our roads here, but we can’t fix damage we don’t know about. This is why I’d ask the public to be our eyes too because they’ll often see damage before our inspectors. Any reports we receive will be addressed according to their priority.”

Look at www.swansea.gov.uk/patch to find out when the PATCH scheme is in a community near you. Areas to benefit in June include Uplands, Landore, Gower and Mynyddbach.

Visit www.swansea.gov.uk/highwayproblems to report road damage or call 0800 132081.