North Ayrshire Council is to invest millions on a wide-ranging programme of maintenance investment into our roads, lighting and bridges network.
The Council’s Cabinet yesterday (Tuesday, 18 March) approved its maintenance programme for the coming year which will see works carried out in every part of North Ayrshire.
The programme will include investment of more than £5million in roads. This includes £250,000 in footways, £1 million in lighting and £675,000 for structures such as bridges.
As part of North Ayrshire Council’s Budget setting process earlier this month, it was agreed to increase the roads budget by £1m to help to include more projects over the next year.
Councillor Tony Gurney, Cabinet Member for Green Environment and Economy, said:
“Our roads network is vital not only for our residents, but also to ensure we can keep North Ayrshire moving and allow our economy to grow.
“These are financially challenging times for local authorities but an additional £1million was added to this year’s roads budget to increase or programme for the year ahead, allowing us to deliver important improvement works in every part of North Ayrshire.”
Some of the larger resurfacing projects included for 2025/26 include the B780 Glasgow Street in Ardrossan, the B777 at Beith, Mackintosh Place in Irvine, the A760 in Kilbirnie, the B896 Glasgow Street in Millport, the B7047 Chapelton Road in West Kilbride, Skelmorlie Castle Road in Skelmorlie, various sections of the C147 on Arran, and Routenburn Road in Largs, among others.
While the majority of roads in North Ayrshire are the responsibility of the Council, the Council has no responsibility for the maintenance of the trunk road network which falls to Transport Scotland and their management contractor, Scotland Transerv. The trunk road network includes the A78, the A737 from Kilwinning to the Renfrewshire boundary and A738 from the Pennyburn Roundabout to the A737 Dalry Road, Kilwinning.
