A list of some of Sittingbourne’s roads which will be repaired in Kent Highways’ 2013/14 programme has been released.

The improvements were discussed at a meeting of Swale Joint Transportation Board last week and include the final work to be carried out in the current financial year as well as what has already been approved for delivery next year.

Micro asphalt treatment, which is where the surface of roads are sealed to protect them from the elements and wear and tear, will take place in Ruins Barn Road, Tunstall, from its junction with Hawks Hill Lane to Cromer Road.

A process known as surface dressing, which is where a binder spray and aggregate chippings are put onto the existing road to protect it from deterioration will be carried out in parts of Hawks Hill Lane; Park Avenue, Sittingbourne; Swanton Street, Bredgar; Wrens Road, Borden and Hearts Delight Road, Tunstall.

Resurfacing work will be carried out on the Sheppey Way at the Key Street interchange, Bobbing, and sections of the A2 London Road at Tonge; A2 East Street, Sittingbourne, and the whole of Crown Road, Milton.

The pavement in Bell Road, Sittingbourne, from its junction with High Street to Brenchley Road, will have the tarmac surface replaced and new kerbing as well as some trees replaced.

Drainage repairs and improvements will be made on the London Road at Newington where a new soakaway will be installed and a pond cleared and on the same road at Tonge where a new drainage system will be put in.

There is no definite date for these works, but they are scheduled to start summer/autumn this year.

At the meeting, Kent Highways’ Swale district manager, Alan Blackburn, told members the authority has £2.5 million to spend on potholes and £200,000 of that will go to the borough.

Not of all of that has been allocated yet, but Sittingbourne has a number of roads included where money will be spent.

These include the A2 London Road, Vincent Road and Keswick Avenue.

There was as discussion about how potholes are filled in but often just appear again shortly after and Mr Blackburn said although resurfacing is the answer for this, realistically that cannot happen in all the roads which need it because there just isn’t the money.