Cheshire East Council has outlined its planned works programme for highways in 2022-23, affecting a number of roads in Crewe - including the installation of a new mini-roundabout close to Crewe Alex FC.

The authority identifies and prioritises what highways maintenance, repairs and improvements to do each year and allocates the available budget for work programmes in accordance with its asset management approach.

The programme is available on the council's website. It can be viewed in two different ways:

â— A full works programme, listed by street name which can be easily searched using the simple instructions on the webpage;

â— A list of works by theme, including the asset-based scoring method used to prioritise inclusion on this year's work programme.

What are the roads in Crewe most affected?

Crewe Nub News has compiled a list here:

â— Broughton Road, Crewe East - road - spray injection patching - in progress.

â— Catherine Street, Gresty Road and South Street, Crewe South - road safety - installation of mini-roundabout - not started.

â— Crewe Road, Crewe East - road - skid investigation - not started.

â— Elm Drive, Crewe East - road - patching - not started.

â— Evans Street, Crewe North - footway - footway reconstruction - not started.

â— Ford Lane, Crewe Central - road - patching - not started.

â— Foulkes Avenue, Crewe St Barnabas - road - patching - not started.

â— Macon Way, Crewe East - traffic signals - design and construct controllers - not started.

â— Mill Street, Crewe South - traffic signals - design and construct controllers - in progress.

â— Nantwich Road, Crewe South - bus stop - replace existing bus stop signs - not started.

â— Plane Tree Drive, Crewe - road - patching - not started.

â— Vernon Street, Crewe Central - traffic signals - design and construct controllers - May.

â— Vernon Way and West Street, Crewe Central - cycle and pedestrian routes - scheme design - not started.

â— Victoria Avenue, Crewe West - traffic signals - design and construct controllers - not started.

â— West Street, Crewe Central - traffic signals - design and construct controllers - not started.

â— Weston Road, Crewe - road - skid investigation - not started. Each month the full works programme will be updated and re-issued to reflect progress to date or any changes to the delivery of the programme. The council is responsible for 2,700 kilometres of highway and has a continuous programme of maintenance. Cheshire East Council recently approved a new budget, which includes an additional £19m capital investment in planned highways maintenance over the next three years, funded by borrowing. This investment by the council is set against the backdrop of a £3m cut in government funding for highways maintenance in 2020/21, and a freeze in government funding for the next three years at a time when inflation is at a 30-year high. Highways' funding is split into two areas – revenue and capital. Revenue comes from council tax and is used for day-to-day maintenance work. Capital funding is provided by central government grants and the councils own investment and delivers improvements to the road network. For the 2022-23 financial year, the highways revenue budget is £10.987m and the capital budget is £22.793 million. The level of funding needed to stop the borough's highways getting worse is estimated to be £28m a year for revenue activities and £27m for capital works. View the full programmes and the scoring method for each in more detail online. In case you missed it: Crewe cat attack - animal dies following 'unknown group' assault. [I] Free from clickbait, pop-up ads and unwanted surveys, Crewe Nub News is a quality online newspaper for our town. Please consider following Crewe Nub News on Facebook or Twitter.