A council official has opened up on the huge challenge Cardiff Council has on its hands to keep the city's roads and pavements in good condition. Cardiff Council's head of highways, Gary Brown, spoke at a Cardiff Council environmental scrutiny committee meeting on Thursday May 11 where members were being briefed on how the local authority is managing its highway services.
In a report which was presented to members of the scrutiny committee, it was revealed that over 5,800 requests were made for the council's highway services in 2022. Council data in the same report also showed that the majority of these requests (44%) related to roads and more than a quarter were related to pavements (26%).
As well as an increase in demand for services, Mr Brown said the council's highways team is facing an increase in costs and external pressures - including traffic growth, the increasing size of Cardiff as a city and changing environmental conditions. [Traffic] did drop with Covid, but it has now crept back up to pre Covid levels and will potentially grow," he said.
