Croydon Council has announced that it has ring-fenced over £12m for the maintenance and improvement of its highways for the year ahead, with a list of roads and footpaths set for a revamp being released.

Several central Croydon thoroughfares are included on the list to be repaired or replaced this financial year.

Mayor Jason Perry and the Conservative-led Council recently agreed upon a £12.572m investment into its highways for the upcoming financial year.

This funding comes from the council’s capital budget, and is propped up by funding from Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport’s Local Transport Network North Reallocated HS2 capital funding, which is being used to improve roads across the country.

Croydon Council has called its highway network its single most valuable asset, adding: “Without it, none of the council’s priorities, values and visions can be realised.”

Currently, Croydon has 726 kilometres of carriageways, 1,235 kilometres of footpaths, 62 highway-maintained structures and bridges, 33,600 road gullies, 27,000 pieces of street furniture (traffic signs, pedestrian carriers, street name plates, grit bins, etc) and 25,700 street lighting columns.

These assets have a total replacement value of around £1.74bn, which the council says must be managed and maintained to ‘ensure depreciation of the assets is kept to a minimum’.

Flood alleviation works will also take place under this scheme.

According to the council, strategic roads as well as those servicing key bus routes, cycleways and footpaths near shopping areas will take priority.

Thoroughfares near key sites like hospitals, care homes and schools have also been bumped up the list.

The local authority has said it will aim to use recycled materials in an effort to improve the sustainability of its highways.

In addition to this, infrastructure that supports sustainable transport will also be prioritised.

In a statement announcing the investment, Cllr Perry said: “Residents often tell me that the condition of the highway infrastructure really matters to them.

"This investment in the future of our roads will improve infrastructure and support the regeneration of Croydon.

“Croydon’s highway network is the single most valuable asset that the council owns. Without it, none of the council’s priorities, values and visions can be realised.

"Our careful planning over the next five years aims to provide long-term value for money solutions, not expensive short-term fixes.

"I am determined that good governance is embedded, and best practices adopted when public funds are being spent.”

The council published a list of its prioritised works in its Highway Asset Management Strategy and 2024/25 Highways Capital Programme report.

Dates when these works are set to take place have not yet been released, but the full list can be seen below.

Highway projects

Addiscombe West

Alderton Road: Between the junction with Northway Road and Hermitage Lane. Estimated cost: £54,870

Cherry Orchard Road: Between the junction with Lower Addiscombe Road and Oval Road. Estimated cost: £139,227.38

Cherry Orchard Road: Between the junction with Billington Hill and Addiscombe Road. Estimated cost: £14,137.20

Morland Road: Between the junction with Beckford Road and Anthony Road. Estimated cost: £74,842.19

Bensham Manor

Quadrant Road: Between the junction with Richmond Road and Brigstock Road. Estimated cost: £36,544.48

Colliers Water Lane: Between Junction with Maplethorpe Road and Brigstock Road. Estimated cost: £35,891.90

Broad Green

Sumner Road: Between number 17 and the junction with London Road. Estimated cost: £24,771.26

Chatfield Road: At the junction with Parson Mead. Estimated cost: £27,678.91

Derby Road: Between the junction with Roman Way and Parson Mead. Estimated cost: £32,703.71

Coulsdon Town

Lion Green: Between the junction with Brighton Road and Chipstead Valley Road. Estimated cost: £46,711.53

Rickman Hill: Between the junction with Portnalls Rise and number 19. Estimated cost: £27,366.15

Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood

Auckland Rise: Between the junction with Sylvan Hill and number 82. Estimated cost: £40,220.80

Cypress Road: Between the junction with South Norwood Hill and Auckland Road. Estimated cost: £48,944.04

Ryecroft Road: At the junction with Crown Dale. Estimated cost: £31,901.11

Fairfield

Coombe Road: Between the junction with number 151 and Park Hill Road. Estimated cost: £66,025.34

High Street: Between the junction with Lower Coombe St and Katherine St. Estimated cost: £167,311.87

Queen Street: Between the junction between Wandle Road and Church Road. Estimated cost: £17,983.47

Laud Street: Between the junction between Wandle Road and Church Road. Estimated cost: £33,308.51

Wandle Road: Between numbers 59 and 54. Estimated cost: £6,610.89

Kenley

Old Lodge Lane: Between the junction with Colecroft Hill and New Valley Primary School. Estimated cost: £79,012.80

Old Lodge Lane: Outside Watterden School and the Borough Boundry. Estimated cost: £44,088.52

New Addington North

Frimley Close: Between the junction with Fresham Drive and Headley Drive. Estimated cost: £30,074.81

Frimley Crescent: At the junction with Frimley Close. Estimated cost: £23,548.10

Norbury Park and Pollards Hill

Craignish Avenue: Between the junction with London Road and Dunbar Avenue. Estimated cost: £72,428.40

Dunbar Avenue: Between the junction with Craignish Avenue and Norbury Crescent. Estimated cost: £15,637.80

Beech Road: Between the junction with Norbury Court Road and Pollards Hill North. Estimated cost: £28,929.93

Old Coulsdon

Coulsdon Road Part 1: Between numbers 280 and 290. Estimated cost: £17,729.15

Coulsdon Road Part 2: Between the junction with Stites Hill Road and Fox Lane. Estimate cost: £72,027.65

Coulsdon Road Part 3: Between the junction with Cearn Way and number 38. Estimated Cost: £25,832.89

Coulsdon Road Part 4: Between the junction with Taunton Lane and Waddington Avenue: Estimated cost: £38,926.27

Old Fox Close: Between numbers 19 and 31. Estimated cost £19,665.41

Lacey Drive: Between the junction with Holmefield Road and Coulsdon Road. Estimated cost: £31,744.73

Rydons Lane: Between the junction with Stites Hill and number 33. Estimated cost: £17,230.31

Ditches Lane: Between the junction with Downs Road and the Borough Boundary. Estimated cost: £73,079.87

Purley and Woodcote

Foxley Lane: Between numbers 25 and 106. Estimate cost: £215,115.26

Peaks Hill Rise: Between the junction with Foxley Lane and Peaks Hill. Estimated cost: £19,753.20

Smitham Downs Road: Between number 5 and the junction with Woodcote Valley Road. Estimated cost: £116,324.40

Woodcote Valley Road: Between the junction with Woodcote Grove and Manor Wood Road. Estimated cost: £121,811.40

Highfield Road: Between the junction with Ensign Close and Atlanta Close. Estimated cost: £15,637.80

Manor Way: At the junction with Woodcote Valley Road. Estimated cost: £43,667.90

Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown

Pampisford Road: Between the junction with Kendra Hall Road and Columbine Avenue. Estimated cost: £30,016.20

Sanderstead

Addington Road: Between number 97 and the junction with Upper Selsdon Road. Estimated cost: £50,250.28

Limpsfield Road: Between Marshal Close and number 3. Estimated cost: £105,701.57

Selhurst

The Crescent: Between the junction with Selhurst Road and number 33. Estimated cost: £31,275.60

Selsdon and Addington

Selsdon Park Road: Between number 4 Crossway Parade and number 167. Estimated cost: £62,423.96

Court Hill: Between the junction with number 4, the roundabout and the junction with Brain Avenue. Estimated cost: £49,163.52

Featherbed Lane: Between the junction with Selsdon Park Road and Courtwood Lane. Estimated cost: £41,459.62

Shirley North

Ash Tree Way: Between the junction with Greenview Avenue and Stoneleigh Park Avenue: Estimated cost £35,494.20

Bridle Road: Between the junction with Bushy Road and Farm Drive: Estimated cost: £39,330.82

Shirley South

Bushey Road: Between the junction with Oaks Avenue and Bridle Road: Estimated cost £54,870.00

Devonshire Way: Between the junction with Bridle Road and number 159. Estimated cost: £48,285.60

South Croydon

Croham Road: Between the junction with South Park Hill Road and Moreton Road. Estimated cost: £24,771.26

Ledbury Road: Between the junction with South End and Heathfield Road. Estimated cost: £22,771.26

Junction Road: Between the junction with Brighton Road and Selsdon Road. Estimated cost: £20,216.29

South Norwood

Canham Road: Between the junction with Ross Road and Parry Road. Estimated cost: £39,154.80

Wrights Road: Between the junction with Canham Road and Whitehorse Lane. Estimated cost: £30,800

Thornton Heath

Gisland Road: Between the junction with High Street and Crowland Road. Estimated cost: £16,888.82

Cassland Road: Between the junction with High Street and Crowland Road. Estimated cost: £17,201.58

The Retreat: At the junction with The Drive. Estimated cost: £16,576.07

Crowland Road: At the junction with Cassland Road. Estimated cost: £12,781.05

Footpath works

Addiscombe West

Cherry Orchard: Between the junction with Oval and Lower Addiscombe Road. Estimated cost: £194,754.94

Kenley

Old Barn: Opposite Bushey Close. Estimated cost: £13,244.48

Selsdon Vale and Forestdale

Bullfinch Road: Between the junction with Nightingale Road and Mallard Road. Estimated cost: £17,032.40

Frimley Close: Between the junction with Fresham Drive and Headley Drive. Estimated cost: £28,885.94

Martin Close: Between the junction with Bullfinch Road and the end of the road. Estimated cost: £12,804.80

Nightingale Road: Between the junction with Kingfisher Gardens and the end of the road. Estimated cost: £26,625.80

Redwing Close: Between the junction with Sandpiper Road and the end of the road. Estimated cost: £16,219.40

Old Coulsdon

Mead Way: Between numbers 1 and 155. Estimated cost £342,000