COUNCIL bosses will spend £4m on resurfacing roads across the borough.

Highways bosses say this will take their anticipated spending to £20m for the period from 2017 to 2023.

Cllr Alan Quinn, environment cabinet member, said: “The condition of our roads in one of the main concerns residents have.

“Bury should receive around £5-6m per year from the Department of Transport to keep our 660km of road network in what’s called a ‘standstill state’.

"This money also should cover pavements, bridges and other structures; however, since 2010, we've received about a third of that amount.

"Despite the many years of chronic underfunding, we have taken advantage of historically low interest rates and borrowed £20m to invest in Bury's roads, and that is where the lion's share of these road improvements has come from..."

Improvements are currently being planned at Moorway, Ramsbottom; Westgate Avenue, Ramsbottom; Bass Lane, Ramsbottom; Albert Street, Ramsbottom; Tor Avenue, Ramsbottom; Walmersley Road, Ramsbottom; Bury Old Road, Radcliffe; Pilkington, Radcliffe; Bolton Road, Radcliffe; Buckingham Drive, Bury West; Bury Bridge Bury; Rochdale Old Road; Bury,

There are also planned improvements at Buckingham Drive in Bury West, Rochdale Road and Bury Bridge in Bury.

Schemes under way or committed to include Moorgate Junction, Derby Way; Wood Road Lane, Ramsbottom; Radcliffe Road, Bury East; Cornwall Drive, Bury East; Derby Way, Bury East; Glebelands, Prestwich and Park Road; Prestwich.