A total of £187,000 is to be spent on road resurfacing on the A760 Largs-Kilbirnie carriageway to improve one of the most important networks in and out of town.

Our local roads are the council’s largest community asset, and a number of improvements for Largs, Millport and surrounding area have been announced for the forthcoming year.

The roads play a vital role in supporting the local and wider economy through the movement of people, goods and services and connecting people with economic opportunities.

As part of the review process, annual condition assessments are carried out on the public road network as part of the inspection regime.

Where the condition of the road has deteriorated to the point where maintenance should be considered, plans are put in place for future resurfacing programmes.

North Ayrshire Council are responsible for the maintenance of the adopted local road network as well as its other non-adopted road assets. However the

Council have no responsibility for the maintenance of the Trunk Road Network which is the responsibility of Transport Scotland and their management contractor, Scotland Transerve.

On Cumbrae's B896, a total of £44,000 is to be spent on road improvements. In West Kilbride, a total of £35,000 is to spend on carriageway resurfacing for Stairlie Crescent to Cubrieshaw Street. Flatt Road in Largs is to receive £47,000 of road repairs, and £163,000 is to be spent on road screeding in Largs.

Footway resurfacing is also included within the roads budget for the forthcoming year and a number of areas have been highlighted including the full length of Kelvin Street in Largs (£74,000) and Danefield Avenue (£22,000), and Arthur Street, West Kilbride (£16,200).

In Skelmorlie, £96,000 has been earmarked for street lighting replacements in Castle Road and Long Hill areas. And likewise, £142,000 has been set aside for Keppenburn Avenue and Montgomerie Avenue lighting improvements.

The overall carriageway resurfacing budget for North Ayrshire is £1.85m, with an overall £3,944,750 projected for next year's roads maintenance programme by North Ayrshire Council.

North Ayrshire Council has a statutory obligation under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to manage and maintain its public road network. The adopted road network within North Ayrshire has a total length of 1034km.The core roads assets are currently estimated at a value of approximately £1.7billion.