NEARLY £19m is expected to be spent on improving Stockton's roads over the next two years.

The figure does not include £9m from both Stockton Borough Council and the Government to be spent over the next three years on road maintenance.

There will also be a further £6m for a new road for the south of Durham Tees Valley Airport which will be paid for directly by the Government's Growth Deal Fund in the coming years.

That makes road spending from all sources total around £34m in the coming years.

Stockton borough councillors will discuss the various investments at a cabinet meeting onThursday, October 9.

Projects from the £18.9m spend on the roads from the council, private sector and Government will include:

*£7.8m to improve the A19/A174 Parkway area. Work started earlier this year and funding is coming from the Highways Agency.

*£1.5m for a new A174 roundabout. Work was due to start in June but the scheme is being redesigned. Funding from private business.

*£3.3m for The A174/A1044 Thronaby Road. Work started in August and money is coming from the Department of Transport.

*£1.1m for the Quarry Farm Roundabout, Ingleby Barwick. Funding is from Persimmon Homes and the job is expected to be completed by early next year.

*£4.3m for the dualling of Myton Way and Ingleby Way at Ingleby Barwick. Money from both Persimmon Homes and the through Stockton Borough Council, itself given money from the Local Government Fund. Work expected to be completed by Spring, 2016.

*£900,000 for improvement works to the A66, money coming from the Local Government Fund and work expected to be completed by September, 2016.

Another council report, which highlighted the success of local community participation projects involvement in identifying the need to allocate funds for smaller road improvements, to be discussed in the same meeting allocates £9m of Government and council spending to maintain the 836km of adopted roads in the borough. A total of 457 roads and footpaths are given the worst 'five' rating in a recent inspection, meaning remedial treatment was needed.

The money for the new airport road was announced by the Government in July.

Cllr Mike Smith, Stockton Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Transport, said: “We know the upkeep of our roads and pavements is important to our residents.

“It is also worth noting that a further £19m of investment to upgrade the Borough’s highways network is also planned over the next two years. Collectively, these investments will improve road safety, ease traffic flow and make journeys quicker and smoother for residents, visitors and people who work in the Borough."