Hull City Council cabinet to consider three‑year highways programme

News Hull & East Yorkshire News Hull City Council Almost £100m could be spent on maintaining the city’s roads, footpaths, and bridges A multi-million-pound three-year highway programme is set to be reviewed by Hull City Council’s cabinet in the coming days. On Monday, April 27, the cabinet will discuss the capital programme which aims to maintain Hull’s bridges, roads, and footpaths. The programme sets out plans to spend just under £100m in the coming three years on a number of projects including at several of Hull’s key routes. The funding comes from the Government’s Department for Transport via the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (HEYCA) and other external bodies, such as Active Travel England, as well as the council’s own capital spend. The funding allocations for the three years are as follows. The figures for 2027/28 and 2028/29 are indicative allocations allowing the council to develop and coordinate future schemes: 2026/27: £38.7m 2027/28: £38m 2028/29: £20.1m Total: £96.8m Did you know you can make Hull Live a preferred source of Hull news in Google, which will mean you get more of our breaking news, exclusives, and must-read stories straight away? Here’s more information about what this means and how to do it – you can also do it straight away by clicking here . The programme includes a £2.5m allocation to Calvert Lane, which a report to the cabinet describes as being “a pinch-point on the highway network.” Improvements will likely include alterations to the junctions at either end of the road. A public engagement exercise is to be undertaken in the autumn of 2026 for the scheme. The near £100m also includes £8.4m for Chapman Street Bridge, £7.7m for Freetown Way, and £3m for Drypool Bridge. The city centre bridge is set for another full closure starting in May. The bridge will be closed to all vehicles and pedestrians for eight weeks. Angela Blake, assistant director of major projects and infrastructure at Hull City Council, said: “This programme is reviewed and updated r…
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