Coventry City Council has announced plans for a major investment of £21 million in the city’s transport network over the next two years.
The programme aims to create safer roads, better walking and cycling routes, improved public transport, and the continued provision a range of travel options including increasing electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities.
The investment is part of the Coventry Transport Strategy, which sets out the city’s long-term plans to enable residents and visitors to move around the city more easily.
The Transport Capital Programme for 2026/27 outlines key projects including a £2.5 million Local Network Improvements programme, £11.3 million for road and pavement maintenance, £5.8 million for active travel schemes, and £1.5 million for new EV charging hubs.
Funding comes from national and regional transport programmes, including the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), the Active Travel Fund (ATF), the Active Travel Integrated Settlement (ATIS), and the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund.
Cllr Patricia Hetherton, Cabinet Member for City Services, said: “This investment strengthens our commitment to improving travel for everyone in Coventry—whether you walk, wheel, cycle, use public transport or drive. We’re delivering schemes that repair and upgrade our roads while supporting greener travel, with new active travel routes and expanded electric vehicle charging. Residents will see safer roads, better crossings and improved neighbourhoods.”
The programme includes targeted investment in safety, particularly around schools. Coventry will also continue expanding its Average Speed Enforcement network, which has already helped to significantly reduce serious incidents across key arterial routes.
The city’s highways maintenance programme will continue to focus on the highest priority roads and pavements, building on Coventry’s recent national ‘green’ rating for best‑practice maintenance. Work will include road and pavement resurfacing, drainage improvements and preventative measures to increase the life of the road network.
Cllr Hetherton continued: “In recent weeks we’ve seen a sharp rise in potholes nationally, made worse by relentless weather. Persistent rain, saturated ground and freeze–thaw conditions have taken a heavy toll on road surfaces. Our teams are prioritising the most safety‑critical defects, and I’m confident we’ll get on top of the worst issues so we can return to our preferred ‘find and fix’ approach—sorting the reported defect and the surrounding area in one go.”
“Our team is prioritising safety critical defects and I am confident that we will get on top of the worst of it so we can get back to preferred approach which is to “find and fix” where we address additional unreported issues in the immediate area around each defect we treat.”
Coventry is also continuing to expand its walking and cycling network, with more than £4 million secured for new segregated cycleways, upgraded pedestrian crossings, and more School Streets. This includes the new City Centre Cycleway joining Coventry Railway Station to Pool Meadow, and improvements on Westwood Way.
As part of the transition to cleaner transport, the city will also deliver four new residential charging hubs in 2026/27 through the Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) Pilot Project, providing rapid and overnight charging at locations including Wellington Street and Warwick Road car parks and at St Christopher’s Primary School and Jardine Crescent Library.
These improvements will further support a number of city wide projects including Coventry Very Light Rail, all-electric buses and segregated cycle routes. Together they will ensure the city and everyone who lives and works here have a range of transport options according to the journey they want to make.