£1.2million road improvements approved for Hartlepool - these are the routes and streets to benefit

Hartlepool Borough Council Neighbourhood Services Committee approved plans for the five-year highway maintenance programme for the area, starting with 2020/21

Council officers expect the capital grant allocation for highway maintenance from the government will be £1,188,000 next year, broadly similar to 2019/20, although the funding has yet to be confirmed.

Tony Hanson, assistant director for environment and neighbourhood services on the council, said the roads in the programme are those identified as ‘most in need of repair’.

Conditions of highways are established primarily from information obtained from scanner vehicles and course visual inspections, carried out annually by specialist contractors.

However, due to a large number of roads receiving the same condition rating, results are also supplemented by ratings carried out in-house by council chiefs and consideration given to requests from councillors and residents.

Three sections of the A689 have been outlined for resurfacing work, including the Owton Lodge Roundabout, Belle Vue Way northbound and Brierton to Stockton northbound, costing a total of £160,000.

Work is also due to take place on Easington Road sections of the A179, costing approximately £25,000.

Two sections of Elwick Road are also due to be resurfaced, from Queensberry Avenue to Rosebank, and also around Park Avenue, costing a total of £68,000.

Full reconstruction works will take place on sections of Truro Drive, the only road set for full reconstruction next year, which is estimated to cost £205,000.

Sections of Coronation Drive and Dalton Piercy Road are due to be resurfaced at estimated costs of £65,000 and £33,000 respectively.

Sections of Worset Lane and Raby Road are also set for work, each costing £50,000, while sections of Grange Road will be resurfaced at a cost of £47,000.

Tees Road, adjacent to Seaton Carew golf club, and Stockton Road by Burn Valley Roundabout, are both set for an estimated £45,000 resurfacing.

The top section of Park Road, the A689 end of Brierton Lane and the Station Lane end of Elizabeth Way, are all due for resurfacing, with estimated costs £40,000, £38,000 and £36,000 respectively.

The section of King Oswy Drive near to the school, Whitby Street South and Mainsforth Terrace, from Burn Road to the end, are also listed for resurfacing, and estimated to cost £30,000, £29,000 and £27,000.

Baltic Street is also set for a full resurfacing, estimated to cost £50,000, while Park Avenue is to be resurfaced from Elwick Road to The Parade, costing £28,000.

Other roads up for resurfacing next year include Hartville Road, Suggitt Street, Whitrout Road, Hibernian Grove, Heriot Grove, Gainford Street, Bailey Street, Ellison Street and Whitfield Drive, all costing between £12,000 and £27,000.

The slip road on Lancaster Road and the first section of Lindrick Drive are also down for work, estimated at £18,000 and £6,000 respectively.

Finally Parish Row in Greatham is due to be resurfaced, estimated at £10,000.

Council officers added Temporary Prohibition of Driving Orders will be advertised, where necessary, to support the road closures required for the works.