Rotherham has secured £10m for road repairs and maintenance programmes this year.
The programme will ensure that an additional 100-plus roads will be repaved and 90-plus stretches of pavements will be either repaved or be given a surface dressing treatment to extent their lifespan.
Noteable areas for such repairs include the Canklow roundabout, Maltby crossroads, Doe Quarry Lane at Dinnington, Aldwarke Lane, Rawmarsh Hill and Parkgate.
Earlier this month, Minister of Roads Simon Lightwood MP, visited Rotherham to meet with the Council’s Highway Team to congratulate them on their performance maintaining and repairing the roads.
The visit was prompted by reports from the Department of Transport that showed Rotherham Council to be one of only three local authorities in England to receive a green rating for their maintenance of their roads. The government grant is expected to encourage and reward such work.
The borough’s roads have also previously received additional local investment in the form of £39m between 2015-24, with a further £16m dedicated to the Rotherham Roads Programme until 2028.
The investment has significantly reduced the number of potholes. In 2014, 34,000 potholes were repaired. During 2025, only around 15,000 have needed to be repaired, a significant decrease.
Cllr John Williams, Cabinet Member for Transport, Jobs and the Local Economy at Rotherham Council, said that the Rotherham Roads Programme has been an effective solution to the pothole issue.
“Everyone should be safe when driving on our roads. That’s why we decided to tackle the problem head‑on over a decade ago and our investment has continued with our Rotherham Roads Programme which takes us to 2028.
“The figures show that the decisions we’ve repeatedly made to invest in the borough’s roads have really made a difference to the quality of the road surfaces. And for all I appreciate the ongoing frustrations of motorists in some locations that we are trying to address, our roads are in better condition than the national average, and that tells us we’re moving in the right direction.”
Councillor Terry Adair Transportation Advisory Group, was happy to see the progress being made in Rotherham.
He told ShefNews: “It’s a great opportunity to see some change we’ve been looking forward to for a while.”