Investment of £125m to be used to improve roads

About £105m will go towards resurfacing and repairing roads

An investment of nearly £125m to improve West Yorkshire's roads has been agreed.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) said the improvements would be made over the next two years and would see about 450 miles (724km) of roads repaired.

Projects will cover all districts, with each council having its own allocation.

Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin said that poor roads were "a big issue for motorists, causing damage and creating unsafe driving conditions".

Stop road deaths

About £105m, including £14.8m from the local highways maintenance fund, will go towards resurfacing and repairing roads, improving bridges and drains and renewing streetlights and signs.

Nearly £10m has been earmarked for network management such as new pedestrian crossings and enhancing traffic lights.

A further £8.3m will be used for traffic calming measures and to improve junctions.

The funding was approved by regional leaders at a meeting on Thursday as part of the City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) scheme.

WYCA said the boost also backs the West Yorkshire Vision Zero initiative to stop all road deaths and serious injuries across the region by 2040.

Leader of Bradford Council Susan Hinchcliffe said: "Safer, better-maintained roads will enable improved connectivity and support more sustainable journeys by bus, cycle and walking as well as improving journey times for all road users."

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