More than £29m to be spent on Swindon’s roads in next four years
Tens of millions of pounds will be spent improving Swindon’s roads over the next few years as part of a new programme that will be discussed by councillors next week.
Published: Friday, 27th February 2026
Almost £30m would be spent on the Borough’s roads as part of Swindon Borough Council’s Local Transport Plan (LTP) with more than 60 roads set to be improved over the next two years.
The LTP will be discussed at Wednesday’s (4 March) Cabinet meeting and, if approved, would see high-profile junctions and roads, such as Blagrove Roundabout, Bath Road, Commercial Road and Station Road, resurfaced.
Other roads included in the plan, which are earmarked for resurfacing in 2026/27, include Marlowe Avenue, Penhill Drive, Eastcott Road and Colebrook Road.
Further roads will be resurfaced in the second financial year (2027/28) including Devizes Road, Highworth Road and Corporation Street.
Alongside this resurfacing work, the new Local Transport Plan also includes funding allocations for road patching repairs, footway repairs, street lighting maintenance and traffic light upgrades.
The latest plan has been put together due to additional funding from central government with the Council set to receive a 45 per cent increase in funding for road repairs between now and 2029/30.
This will allow the Council to tackle an estimated £50m backlog of road repairs and maintenance.
The first year of the plan (2026/27) will see an overall budget of £5,972,000 split across a number of areas in the Highways department including major and minor resurfacing work (£2.9m), footway maintenance (£530k), road condition surveys to help inform which roads need work (£50k), street lighting maintenance (£726k) and refreshing road markings (£106k).
Councillor Chris Watts, Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for the Environment and Transport, said: “We’ve made a positive start to our road repairs programme having resurfaced more than 20 locations last year, but we know more needs to be done.
“It’s been a challenging winter and that’s had a big impact on our network and not helped our efforts to get to grips with our estimated £50m road repairs backlog.
“There are some key routes on this new plan that will be prioritised by our teams including at Blagrove Roundabout and Commercial Road.
“The team is working hard to allocate the right resources to make sure we can make the most out of the additional funding from the Government.”
The full Local Transport Plan can be found on the Council’s website. It will be discussed at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting.