Newport's £6.6m investment to improve 55 city roads
These include Malpas Road, Newport Bridge, Lighthouse Road, Chepstow Road, and Caerleon Road.
The council secured more than £4.4 million from the Welsh Government through the new highway management local government borrowing initiative.
It will also allocate around £2.2 million of its own resources, including £1 million from last year's underspend, to this major road maintenance programme.
This investment is in addition to the council's regular yearly budget for road repairs.
Councillor Dimitri Batrouni, leader of the council, said: "We promised more investment into our road network, and I'm pleased to say we are delivering on that promise.
"Councillors from every ward have been sharing residents' concerns about roads with us.
"We've heard those concerns, and we get it.
"This funding from Welsh government will allow us to go above and beyond what we would be able to do on our own, tackling more of our highway network's problem areas."
The programme will have two elements running concurrently: full resurfacing work on the highest priority roads and surface treatments for high-priority roads to preserve the highway asset.
The council proposes to work on 55 sections of road, 36 requiring full resurfacing and 19 needing surface treatments.
The council will undertake further detailed design work for the programme to determine a full schedule before work starts later this summer.
Residents, businesses, and visitors will be kept informed of the programme's progress through the council's website and social media channels.
Acknowledging that the level of investment would not solve all issues, Mr Batrouni added: "At the same time, it is not going to solve every problem and fix every pothole, as we can only do so much with the resources we have.
"It is, however, a really good programme of works which I do feel will make a big difference."
The council has thanked residents and visitors in advance for their patience and understanding while it carries out these important upgrades.
The full list of the roads is:
Full treatment
A467 - Risca Bypass
A468 – Caerphilly boundary to Draethen Junction
A468 Bassaleg Roundabout, near A467
A468 Caerphilly Road (part)
A48 Usk Way (City Centre) (Part)
B4239 Coast Road (Part)
B4239 Lighthouse Road (part)
B4241 Corporation Road (Cromwell Rd junction area)
B4241 Fields Road (Part)
B4254 Magor Rd (Part)
B4591 Corporation Road (Part)
Broadway - Junction with High Street
Caerleon Road near St Julians Pub
Chapel Road - Junction Great Newra Farm
Chepstow Road - Magor Road / Tregarn Road, junction area
Clifton Road including Friars Road Junction
Cromwell Road (Part)
Docks Way - Junction with Greenwich Road
Gaer Road (Part)
Heidenheim Drive (part)
Hendre Farm Drive (part)
Highfield Road Junction Road (part)
Malpas Road (near the Shell garage)
Newport Bridge - Old Green Roundabout to Rodney Road
Rivermead (part)
Rivermead Way - Junction with Fuchsia Way
Rodney Road - near The Pod
Somerton Bridge
St Mellons Road - Junction Wellfield Road
Stow Hill - Cathedral Area
Stow Park Circle (Part)
The Coldra - Junction with Llanwern Road to no 11
White Brook, Llanvaches - (Part 1)
White Brook, Llanvaches - (Part 2)
White Brook, Llanvaches - (Part 3)
Surface treatment
A48 Cardiff Road (entrance Spring Court to Coach & Horses PH)
A48 Cardiff Road (junction Pound Hill to entrance Spring Court)
A48 Chepstow Road (from junction Bowdens Lane to junction Pen-y-Worlod Road)
A48 Chepstow Road (from junction Caerlicken Lane to junction Church Road)
A48 Chepstow Road (from junction Catsash Road to junction Langstone Court Road)
A48 Chepstow Road (from junction Hendrew Lane to junction Greenmeadow Lane)
A48 Chepstow Road (from junction Langstone Park to junction Old Langstone Court Road)
A48 Chepstow Road (from junction Pen-y-Worlod Road to junction Old Turnpike Road)
A48 Newport Road (junction Channel View to Boundary)
A48 Newport Road (southbound from junction Marshfield Road to end of dualling)
B4236 New Road (from junction Bulmore Road to junction Lulworth Road)
B4237 Cardiff Road (junction Cae Bryntirion Road to Belle Vue interchange)
B4596 Caerleon Road (from start of 40mph zone to no.574 Caerleon Road)
Goldcliff Road (from junction Goldcliff Common to Chapel Road)
Meadows Road (junction Nash Road to Queensway Meadows Roundabout)
Mendalgief Road (from junction Price Close to junction Lime Court)
North Row (junction Green Street to entrance of North Court Farm)
Usk Road, Caerleon (from junction B4236 Mill Street to access Whitehall Farm)
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