Swansea’s reputation for having among the best maintained roads in Wales will be further strengthened this month.
Swansea Council’s expert PATCH road repair team (Priority Action for Community Highways) will be spending intensive weeks in Penderry, Lower Loughor, Upper Loughor and Kingsbridge by the end of September.
The combination of the PATCH team with other road repair teams out and about every day across Swansea has led to more than 4,000 potholes and other road defects being fixed so far this year.
The PATCH team has already visited over 20 communities since mid-April, including St Thomas, Townhill, Morriston, Cockett, Clydach, Bonymaen, Landore, Mynyddbach and Gower. This work helped contribute to a Welsh Government and Local Government Data Unit report earlier this month that found Swansea’s roads were the second best maintained of all 22 council areas in the country.
Cllr David Hopkins, Swansea Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Transportation, said: “Potholes and other road defects are features of all road networks across the UK because of the impact of the weather and the heavy volumes of traffic nowadays. Despite some people’s perceptions, Swansea’s roads are in no worse condition than any other part of the country. In fact, a recent independent report found our roads are the second best maintained in Wales. We know how important the condition of our roads is for residents and visitors, which is why we’re continuing to heavily invest in their maintenance and condition despite the unprecedented financial challenges we’re facing as a council.
“The public can rest assured that we have specialist staff out and about every day to inspect the city’s roads, log damage and schedule repairs according to priority. It’s inevitable, though, that our staff can’t be everywhere at once, so I’d also urge the public to get in touch with us if they see road damage that needs fixing.”
Communities being visited by the PATCH team in October include Gowerton, Penclawdd, Pontarddulais and Killay. By Christmas, the team will have visited all Swansea’s communities in little over eight months.
Visit www.swansea.gov.uk/highwayproblems to report road damage or call 0800 132081.
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