'Residents will see improvements' - Reform UK councillor pledges £3 million investment into roads across Fylde
“This is just the start of a huge £3 million investment into Fylde’s roads”
Much more improved roads over the next year have been pledged by a Fylde county councillor after a major resurfacing scheme over several nights brought a smooth new look to Kirkham town centre.
Ribby Road and Station Road have been resurfaced, which the ruling Reform UK group at highways authority Lancashire County Council says marks real investment.- and is just the start.
They say that since the budget for 2026/27 was approved, £3 million has been allocated to Fylde’s roads, and residents will really begin to see the difference this summer.
Across the whole county , almost £21m has been set aside for scheduled road repair jobs in this new financial year, comprising a combination of full resurfacing works and pre-emptive ‘surface dressing’ – a special process that not only improves the condition of the carriageway, but seals it to prevent future damage caused by water entering cracks in the road. The figure also includes £440k for footpath repairs.
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The routes where work will take place are determined by the priorities of the county council’s 15-year roads strategy.
That policy has this year entered its third and final phase – running through until 2030 – with a focus on maintaining the condition of the main A, B and C-classified routes which reflects what the authority acknowledges is “the significant deterioration of these roads over time”.
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The cash comes from an overall £72m pot that County Hall has this year set aside for upkeep of its highways – £48.2m of which is government funding, supplemented by £18.4m agreed at the county council’s budget last month, along with unspent money carried over from last year.
County Coun Joshua Roberts, who holds the Fylde East seat on Lancashire County Council and is also Cabinet Member for Rural Affairs, Environment and Communities, said after the Kirkham works: "This is just the start of a huge £3 million investment into Fylde’s roads, beginning from April 2026 after Reform’s budget was passed and we were finally able to move on from the previous Conservative budget.
“Residents will see real improvements this year, with more full resurfacing schemes instead of the short-term patch repairs the Conservatives themselves admitted were failing."