£4m to fix potholes and boost transport

PROJECTS INCLUDE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES

- By DANIEL HODGSON

A COUNCIL executive member has approved more than £4m for fixing potholes and transport schemes.

Middlesbrough Councillor Peter Gavigan, who is the council's Executive member for the environment and sustainability, approved an allocation of £4.154m City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) grant funding, with the intent of both developing and delivering infrastructure improvements, at a meeting on Wednesday.

Projects receiving the funding include traffic calming measures on Valley Road as well as phase one of the Ormesby Beck cycleway.

Additionally, the phase two works of the Stainton Way pedestrian and cycle facilities will receive £200,000 of CRSTS funding.