The full list of over 100 roads in Lancashire to be resurfaced this year

Lancashire County Council’s cabinet has agreed a list of 80 individual schemes to be carried out – several of which involve more than one route.

They make up the annual set of pre-planned highways maintenance projects that the authority, whose patch excludes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, undertakes each year – and are separate to the day-to-day ‘reactive’ work done to fix individual potholes as they appear.

Almost £21m has been set aside for scheduled road repair jobs in the 2026/27 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.

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”.

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.

It is expected that at least £28m of the total amount available will be swallowed up by filling in potholes that materialise during the year ahead and meet the ‘intervention’ level for repair – meaning that they are at least 40mm deep. However, as the number of those fixes cannot be predicted, more funding might have to be allocated for that purpose as the year progresses – which would come at the expense of some of the pre-planned projects.

Tranches of the £72m are also reserved for the maintenance of bridges and other structures (£6.5m), traffic lights (£750k), streetlamps (£5.3m) and drainage (£1.9m).

At the cabinet meeting where the budget apportionments and individual schemes were agreed, Reform UK’s cabinet member for highways and transport, Warren Goldsworthy, said investment had been “prioritised using a risk-based, data-driven approach, ensuring funding is targeted where it will have the greatest long-term benefit”.

Progressive Lancashire opposition group leader Azhar Ali called on the authority to restart the meetings it used to hold with county councillors within each district at which they could put forward suggestions for roads that needed attention in their own areas. That practice was stopped under the previous Conservative administration at County Hall.

County Cllr Goldsworthy said he would “really encourage” members to highlight problem roads in their patches, but said he was committed to a “data-driven” strategy.

He cautioned against “the danger” of “more important” councillors managing to secure repairs that were not supported by a dispassionate assessment of the condition of the roads in question.

“Let the officers drive [any suggestions] through the data and let’s get the right roads done,” County Cllr Goldsworthy added.

However, he agreed with Progressive Lancashire deputy leader Gina Dowding who said that there needed to be “checks and balances from…humans when AI doesn’t get it right every time”.

The authority has recently deployed artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cameras to carry out inspections of the 4,600 miles of highway for which it is responsible.

The county council’s in-house teams undertake the resurfacing and surface dressing schemes approved by the cabinet, along with repairs of the most urgent emerging potholes. A single third-party contractor, Blackburn-based Multevo, has – since last year – been employed to fix those potholes with longer, five-day and 20-day target response times.

IN FULL: ALL THE ROADS BEING RESURFACED AND TREATED

This is a district-by-district breakdown, compiled by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, of the individual schemes planned for 2026/27 and the type of work due to be carried out – full resurfacing or preventative. It is subject to review as the year progresses, in light of what Lancashire County Council describes as “emerging pressures” and any changes in strategic priorities and available funding.

Burnley

A671 Padiham Road – from roundabout junction with M65 to junction with Ightenhill Park Lane and from junction with Ightenhill Park Lane to junction with Stephenson Drive – preventative work

A671 Padiham Road – at junction with Ightenhill Park Lane – resurfacing

A679 Accrington Road – from Cog Lane roundabout to just before Cavalry Way roundabout – preventative work

Halifax Road – from junction with Nelson Road to start of Back Lane – preventative work

Hollingreave Road – full length – resurfacing

Park Road – from Station Road to the end – resurfacing

Chorley

A6 Preston Road – from junction with the The Grove to Millennium Way, including the roundabouts – resurfacing

A49 Wigan Road – from outside property no. 104 to railway bridge traffic lights and from railway bridge traffic lights to junction with Dawson Lane [also crosses into South Ribble] – preventative work

A675 Bolton Road – from the roundabout junction with M65 to the Abbey Village sign – preventative work

Bradshaw Lane – from the junction with Ridley Lane to outside Brook Cottage – preventative work

Chester Avenue, Winchester Ave. Woodside and Worcester Place (two sections) – preventative work

Lawrence Lane – from Parr Lane to The Green – resurfacing

Millbrook Close – all three sections – preventative work

Mount Pleasant and surrounding routes – Broad Oak Close, Mount Pleasant, Norwood Close, St Paul’s Close – preventative work

Sevenoaks – full length of both sections – resurfacing

Wray Crescent and surrounding routes – Cutt Close, Glover Close, The Causeway, Wade Brook Road, Willow Road, Wray Crescent (two sections) – preventative work

Fylde

A583 Preston New Road – from Tarnbrick Bridge to junction with Weeton Road/Fox Lane Ends and from junction with Weeton Road/Fox Lane Ends to outside the Lytham Window Company – preventative work

A583 Preston New Road – traffic light junction at Weeton Road/Fox Lane Ends (B5260) and traffic light junction at Whitehill Road/Peel Road – resurfacing

A584 Clifton Drive South – from lighting column 128 to bus stop at St. Thomas Road junction – preventative work

A584 Lytham Road – from supermarket junction to West End Lane – preventative work

A585 Fleetwood Road – from outside Villa Express Hotels to the ‘Welcome to Wesham’ sign – preventative work

A586 Garstang Road – from Great Eccleston village sign to 100m before Wall Lane junction [also crosses into Wyre] – preventative work

B5233 St Annes Road West – from St. David’s Road South to zebra crossing at property no.56 and from Garden Street to zebra crossing at Orchard Road – resurfacing

Chain Lane – from Bibby Drive to Mythop Road – special project

Grange Road – full length – resurfacing

Links Gate – full length – resurfacing

Meagles Lane and Meagles Road – section repairs – special project

Hyndburn

A680 Manchester Road – from outside pub (not identified) to the roundabout junction with the A56 – preventative work

A680 Manchester Road – from Birtwistle Street to Spring Gardens – resurfacing

A680 Whalley Road – from the junction with Queens Road to the junction with Church Lane/Whinney Hill Road and from the junction with Church Lane/Whinney Hill Road to the junction with Burnley Road/Blackburn Road – preventative work

A680 Whalley Road – the traffic-light junction at Whalley Road/ Church Lane/ Whinney Hill Road – resurfacing

Harwood Road – from lighting column 13 to Arundel Street – resurfacing

Read Street – currently closed section – special project

Lancaster

A6 Main Road – from lighting column 130 to lighting column 124 and from lighting column 105 to lighting column 89 – preventative work

Aldrens Lane – full length – resurfacing

Borwick Lane and Whitebeck Lane – from Scotland Road (A6) to junction with Borwick Road and from opposite Borwick Hall to junction with Burton Road (A6070) – – preventative work

Cockerham Road – from junction with A6 to Cockerham canal bridge [also see Wyre] – preventative work

Colwyn Avenue, Pembroke Avenue and St. Marrgaret’s Road – full lengths – resurfacing

Coniston Road – including Thornton Grove and patches on Arnside Crescent – resurfacing

Eastgate – from Middlegate to Northgate – resurfacing

Rochester Avenue – from St. Oggs Road to Thonock Road – resurfacing

Wingate Saul Road, Kelsay Street and Lincoln Road – resurfacing

Wyresdale Road – junction at Coulston Road – resurfacing

Pendle

A56 Primet Hill – from Bridge Street to railway bridge – resurfacing

A6068 Reedyford Road – from outside property no. 38 to the roundabout junction with Regent Road and from the roundabout junction with Regent Road to the roundabout junction with Scotland Road – preventative work

A6068 Reedyford Road – from Leeds Road to property no.38 – resurfacing

Moss Houses Road – from Noyna End Farm to Little Moss House Farm – resurfacing

Netherfield Road – from Railway Street to Princess Street – resurfacing

Roberts Street – from Netherfield Road to Temple Street – preventative work

Preston

A5071 Moor Lane – from Adelphi Place to the junction with North Road – preventative work

Faringdon Lane from Pope Lane to Ribbleton Avenue (B6243) – preventative work

Lancaster Road North – from Melling Street to North Road – resurfacing

Longsands – from Eastway to Anderton Way roundabout – preventative work

Sedgwick Street – from St. Paul’s Road to junction with North Road – preventative work

Tulketh Brow – from Blackpool Road to property no.151

Victoria Road and surrounding routes – Albert Road, Chapman Road, East Road, Garrison Road, Higher Bank Road, Lower Bank Road, Park Road, Victoria Road, West Road – preventative work

Ribble Valley

A59 Whalley Bypass – from Petre Wood/Langho roundabout for 383m in a north easterly direction – resurfacing

Clitheroe Road – from Whins Lane to Clitheroe Bypass (A59) – preventative work

Rossendale

A681 Bucup Road – from outside Alkegen Factory gates to the roundabout junction with Burnley Road East – preventative work

A681 Market Street – from pedestrian crossing point at Burnley Road junction to the junction with Queen Street – preventative work

A681 Bacup Road – roundabout at junction with Burnley Road East – resurfacing

South Ribble

B5256 Leyland Way – from M6 junction westbound to Bow Brook Road – resurfacing

Brierley Road and surrounding routes – Brierley Road (two sections), Bradkirk Place (two sections), Carnfield Place, Cocker Road, Dawson Place, Four Oaks Road (two sections), Leach Place, Walton Summit Road (two sections) – preventative work

Brierley Road – two roundabouts – resurfacing

Millbrook Way – from the junction with op Lane to outside petrol station – preventative work

West Lancashire

A59 Liverpool Road – from Liverpool Old Road to property no. 230 – preventative work

A565 Southport New Road – the Guinea Hall Lane roundabout – resurfacing

A577 Glenburn Road – half-mile roundabout – preventative work

A5209 Hall Lane, Sparrow Hill and Crow Orchard Road – from steakhouse restaurant to the junction with Moss Lane – preventative work

A5209 Hall Lane, Sparrow Hill and Crow Orchard Road – from motorway roundabout to Moss Lane – resurfacing

B5312 Grimshaw Road – westbound slip road from Tanhouse Road to Grimshaw Road – resurfacing

Marsh Moss Lane, New Lane and Higgins Lane – from Tarlscough Lane to Liverpool Road (A59) – preventative work

Rivington Drive and surrounding routes – Belmont Close, Parbold Close, Rivington Drive, Thornbridge Avenue – preventative work

Stoneygate Lane – full length – resurfacing

The Common – from Lancaster Lane South to Alder Lane – resurfacing

Wyre

Back Lane and Highgate Lane – full lengths – preventative work

Bleasdale Avenue, Garstang Close and Grizedale Avenue – full lengths of each – resurfacing

Cockerham Road – from Cockerham canal bridge to Garstang Road (B5272) [see also Lancaster] – preventative work

Curzon Road – full length – resurfacing

Dimples Lane – from Bond Lane to canal bridge – resurfacing

Green Dicks Lane and Pilling Lane – from Head Dyke Lane to newly-laid section and from 50m after property no.304 to property no. 257c – preventative work

Green Dicks Lane – from 25m south of Fluke Hall Lane to Carr House Stud Farm – resurfacing

Ormerod Street – from Heys Street to Butts Lane – resurfacing

Roylen Avenue – full length – resurfacing

School Lane – from Park Lane to Church Lane – preventative work

Shakespeare Road – from Dronfield Road to Beach Road – resurfacing

Whinfield Avenue – full length – resurfacing

Back Lane and Highgate Lane – full lengths – preventative work

Source: Lancashire County Council/Local Democracy Reporting Service