Rotherham to spend £10m on road repairs

Road repairs worth £10m are due to take place in Rotherham in the coming year, the council has said.

Canklow roundabout, Maltby crossroads, Doe Quarry Lane at Dinnington, and Aldwarke Lane and Rawmarsh Hill at Parkgate are among more than 100 roads set to be resurfaced later this year and in early 2027.

Councillor John Williams, cabinet member for transport, said he recognised the "ongoing frustrations" of drivers in some locations, but said: "We're proud of the progress we've made, and we'll keep building on it."

On 11 May, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council's cabinet will be asked to approve the roads programme, which has £16m allocated to cover work up to 2028.

It builds on £39m of local spending put towards the roads between 2015 and 2024, which the council said had helped reduce the number of potholes requiring repair.

Some 34,000 potholes were repaired in 2014/15, compared to only 15,521 requiring repairs in 2025/26, according to the local authority.

"Nobody likes potholes and everyone should be safe when driving on our roads," Williams said.

"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."

Latest figures show that just 8.81% of Rotherham's 481 mile (774km) unclassified road network requires repair, compared with the national average of 17%.

Earlier this year, Alan Booth, a driving instructor at RIMS Driving School, said potholes around Rotherham were "terrible, shocking".

"Where they have been resurfaced completely, they are fine, but I've seen very little work on potholes," he said.

But mechanic Jimmy Gregor, of Viking Motors at Parkgate, said in January that the garage was seeing fewer issues caused by potholes.

"There's room for improvement, there always is but it does seem to be improving all the way around really," he added.

More than 90 stretches of pavement will also either be resurfaced or treated with a dressing to extend their lifespan as part of the Rotherham roads programme in the next year, the authority added.

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