The roads team at Dumfries and Galloway Council is to be given a boost over the next two years after it was agreed to employ 10 more workers.
Councillors on the finance committee on Tuesday backed a request to spend an additional £800,000 to meet the cost of extra staff until March, 2024.
With the state of the roads one of the biggest complaints from residents across the region, councillors unanimously welcomed the move to inject more resources into the struggling service.
