Five key roads in Swindon to be resurfaced
Five key roads will be resurfaced before the end of February as part of Swindon Borough Council’s continued work to repair the local highway network.
Published: Friday, 16th January 2026
Sections of Aldbourne Road, County Road, Aylesbury Street, Bridge End Road and Westcott Place will all be resurfaced between Monday, 19 January and Friday, 20 February, weather permitting.
These roads have been highlighted as high-traffic routes in need of repair with the upcoming resurfacing work set to improve the road surfaces for the motorists of Swindon.
This latest scheme forms part of the Council’s annual major and minor road resurfacing programme, which will see just over £3.75m invested to fix deteriorating road surfaces across the Borough. The roads were prioritised in line with the Council’s Local Transport Plan which was agreed by Cabinet in March 2025. Thanks to an additional £1.5m in funding from central government, the Council has been able to bring more schemes forward in this plan.
Overall, the Council has a budget of almost £6m for road maintenance in the 2025/26 financial year which includes £170,000 for reactive pothole repairs. The funding is also used for patching repairs, refreshing road markings and street furniture maintenance. It is set in the context of an estimated £50m backlog of road repairs.
Councillor Chris Watts, Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for the Environment and Transport, said: “We’re building on the good work of 2025 by starting the year with work to resurface several important roads across Swindon.
“Anyone who’s recently used Aylesbury Street to get onto Station Road knows exactly why we’re doing this work and it’s a similar situation for the other locations on our list.
“We also know that these aren’t the only roads that need work but, due to our limited budget and resource, we need to carefully consider where we will carry out resurfacing work.
“This is just the start of our work in 2026 and we will continue to tackle our £50m backlog and start to see improvements in the condition of Swindon’s roads.”
The Council has also recently had confirmation that it will receive £30m from central government over the next four financial years, starting from 26/27, to tackle road maintenance.
This will allow the Council to create a comprehensive four-year Local Transport Plan which will identify what locations across the Borough need the most work and how soon that can be done.
More information on how the Council undertakes road repairs can be found by visiting the website.