Trafford has dated every pothole fund scheme. Ashley Road in Altrincham is due to start by December; Lloyd Street and Railway Street wait for spring 2027.
Resurfacing of Ashley Road in Altrincham is due to start by the end of the year. It is one of eight Trafford schemes now forecast to start between October and December, paid for from the borough’s £4.99m share of the Greater Manchester pothole fund.
Trafford Council published the full list on Monday 28 September, with a forecast start for every scheme (Trafford Council, 28 September 2026).
That is quicker than the council first said. When it announced the money on 7 September, it said patching would start that month and resurfacing would wait for spring. It named five roads. Now it has named 23 routes and says the resurfacing is “happening now” (Trafford Council, 7 September 2026).
Not everything has moved forward. Railway Street, Lloyd Street, and Market Street and High Street in Altrincham are all forecast for the spring.
How the £4.99m is being spent
The council has split the money three ways:
- £3.965m for full resurfacing on 23 priority routes.
- £525,000 for local patching repairs over the next five months.
- £500,000 for surface treatments, to be carried out in spring 2027.
The locations for the surface treatments will be published once the council’s 2027/28 highways capital programme is finalised in the new year.
The first scheme is already finished. The A56 Chester Road at junction 7 of the M60, in Stretford, is marked complete.
When each road is due
The council’s programme page gives each scheme a forecast quarter. It counts quarters on its financial year, which starts in April. The same page puts surface treatments in “Q1 of the 2027/28 financial year”, and the council’s announcement calls that spring 2027. So:
- Q3 means October to December 2026.
- Q4 means January to March 2027.
- Q1 2027/28 means April to June 2027.
Altrincham, Hale, Bowdon, Timperley and Broadheath
| Road | Stretch | Ward | Forecast start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Road | Hale Road to The Downs | Altrincham | October to December 2026 |
| Canal Road | Sections between Park Road and Deansgate Lane, extending an existing scheme | Timperley North | October to December 2026 |
| Green Walk | Green Courts to Holmwood | Bowdon | October to December 2026 |
| Langham Road | Bow Green Road to Talbot Road | Bowdon | October to December 2026 |
| Norris Road | Sections between Brooklands Road and Craddock Road, extending an existing scheme | Brooklands | October to December 2026 |
| Hale Road | Sections, Wicker Lane to Tithebarn Road | Hale Barns and Timperley South | January to March 2027 |
| Hale Road | Sections, High Elm Road to junction 6 of the M56 | Hale Barns and Timperley South | January to March 2027 |
| Railway Street | Hale Road to The Downs | Altrincham | April to June 2027 |
| Lloyd Street | Sections, Ashley Road to Manor Road | Altrincham, Hale | April to June 2027 |
| Market Street and High Street | Sections | Altrincham | April to June 2027 |
| Atlantic Street | Sections | Broadheath | April to June 2027 |
| Sinderland Lane | Sections, Covershaw Lane to Warburton Lane | Bowdon | April to June 2027 |
Ashley Road and Railway Street are listed as one scheme from Hale Road to The Downs, with two dates. Ashley Road comes first. Railway Street waits for the spring.
This Ashley Road job is not the one in Hale. A separate stretch of Ashley Road in the Hale ward was resurfaced earlier this year under the council’s ordinary programme, and is marked complete (Trafford Council: carriageway resurfacing programme 2026-27).
Sale, Stretford, Urmston and the north of the borough
| Road | Stretch | Ward | Forecast start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harboro Road | Hayling Road to Moss Lane | Ashton upon Mersey, Manor | October to December 2026 |
| Kings Road | Sections, Edge Lane to Warwick Road South | Longford | October to December 2026 |
| Westinghouse Road | Mosley Road to Europa Circle, westbound lane 1 | Gorse Hill and Cornbrook | October to December 2026 |
| Barton Dock Road | Sections, Mercury Way to Parkway | Lostock and Barton | January to March 2027 |
| Broadway | Barton Road to Amersham Close, westbound | Davyhulme | January to March 2027 |
| Lostock Road | Sections, Davyhulme Circle to Lostock Circle | Lostock and Barton, Urmston | January to March 2027 |
| Parkway | On-slip from Barton Dock Road to Lostock Circle | Lostock and Barton | January to March 2027 |
| Talbot Road | A56 to Byron Road | Gorse Hill and Cornbrook, Longford | January to March 2027 |
| Tenax Road | Tenax Circular to Parkway Circular, southbound | Gorse Hill and Cornbrook | January to March 2027 |
| Trafford Wharf Road | ITV Studios to number 125 | Gorse Hill and Cornbrook | January to March 2027 |
| Warwick Road South | Ayres Road to Wilton Avenue | Longford | January to March 2027 |
| Greenfield Avenue | Railway Road to Primrose Avenue | Urmston | April to June 2027 |
| Old Hall Road | Sections, Dane Road to the M60 west on-slip and roundabout | Sale Moor | April to June 2027 |
All the dates come from the council’s pothole fund resurfacing programme.
Read “sections” carefully
Many of the entries say “sections” or “sub-sections”. On those roads the council is not promising the whole length. It has not published which stretches will be done.
The council also says every extent is indicative. Schemes can be adjusted as they are designed and costed. “In rare cases” they can be postponed or deferred, for example if a utility company needs to dig up the same road.
Harboro Road in Sale shows how close this runs. Trafford Council’s own permit closes the road from 28 September to 2 October for highway improvement works (GM road works register). The permit does not say which scheme the work belongs to.
Patching first
The patching budget is separate from these schemes. Patching means cutting out and replacing small sections of failing surface, so gangs stop returning to the same hole. The council says it began in September and runs for about five months (Trafford Council: Greater Manchester Pothole Fund).
It has not published a list of patching locations.
Cllr Stephen Adshead, the council’s executive member for highways, said the teams were “now working to design, plan and deliver resurfacing in the 23 locations”.
What it means for you
If you live on or use Ashley Road, Canal Road, Green Walk, Langham Road or Norris Road, the forecast start is before the new year. The council says properties and businesses affected by its highway schemes are told before work starts (Trafford Council: highway improvement programme).
We will add each Altrincham-area scheme to our roadworks and travel page once a permit appears on the register.
If your road is in the spring group, nothing has changed except the paperwork. If a pothole near you is not on any list, report it to the council.
Our earlier report on the funding announcement is here: Trafford potholes: £4.99m and the five roads named.
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