Slough has bid for £21.9m to replace the red-rated Uxbridge Road canal bridge. Plus the roads due for resurfacing each year to 2030 under a £25.2m plan.
The bridge that carries Uxbridge Road over the canal in Slough is rated “Red” and needs replacing, according to Slough Borough Council. The council has asked the government for £21.87m towards a new one.
The bid went to the Department for Transport’s new Structures Fund on 3 August. Winning schemes are due to be announced in the autumn. The details are in a report to the council’s Cabinet, which meets on Monday 21 September. (Slough Borough Council, Local Transport Delivery Plan report, Cabinet 21 September 2026)
The report says the bridge was rated Red “due to the on-going deterioration of the structure”.
What the replacement would cost
The total cost is put at £24.43m over four years:
| Year | Government (bid) | Council | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | £3.07m | £0 | £3.07m |
| 2027/28 | £6.41m | £0 | £6.41m |
| 2028/29 | £8.91m | £0.50m | £9.41m |
| 2029/30 | £3.48m | £2.06m | £5.54m |
| Total | £21.87m | £2.56m | £24.43m |
Any scheme the fund pays for must be finished and reopened to traffic by 31 March 2030.
The council has not yet found its own £2.56m share. Officers are looking at developer contributions under section 106, unused legacy grant and money from other grant providers. The report is plain about the risk: “should the funding sources not be identified then the schemes may not go ahead.”
That matters because the council is forecasting a £19.9m overspend this year, in the same set of Cabinet papers.
The report does not say whether the road would close during the work, or for how long. If the bid succeeds, a further report will come back to Cabinet with the project detail.
A second bridge: the Jubilee River footbridge
The council also bid for Dorney Footbridge over the Jubilee River, which the report lists as in Slough. It is also rated Red. Replacing it would cost £1.14m, of which £1.02m is asked from the government and £114,925 would come from the council.
Separately, the council’s own transport plan sets aside £150,000 this year to replace two timber bridges over the Jubilee River that have “come to end of life”, including the allotment footbridge. They carry walkers and cyclists, and horse riders where there is a bridleway.
£25.2m for Slough’s roads to 2030
The bridge bids sit alongside a bigger, confirmed pot. The government has given Slough £25.24m of capital funding for roads and transport over four years, from 2026/27 to 2029/30. It replaces a string of separate grants that councils used to bid for.
The yearly sums rise steadily:
- 2026/27: £4.58m
- 2027/28: £5.77m
- 2028/29: £6.83m
- 2029/30: £8.06m
Cabinet is asked to approve the council’s Local Transport Delivery Plan, which says how the money will be spent. The final version goes to the DfT by 31 October. The DfT can claw money back if schemes do not progress as planned.
Which roads are due for resurfacing
The plan names the roads in each year’s resurfacing programme. (Appendix A, LTDP capital programme)
2026/27 (£686,300): - Moor Furlong - Cippenham Lane - Stoke Poges Lane - Lower Britwell - Bower Way - Wellington Street - Oatlands Drive - Blackthorne Road
This year’s programme also includes upgraded waterproofing and surfacing on the Dover Road rail bridge, with Network Rail. That is still awaiting a design assessment from Network Rail before the money is committed.
2027/28 (£951,300): Fairlie Road, Liverpool Road, Upton Court Road, Tuns Lane and Dover Road.
2028/29 (£951,300): Buckingham Avenue, London Road, Long Readings Lane, Church Street and Upton Court Road.
2029/30 (£951,300): London Road, Parlaunt Road, Station Road in Langley, Whitby Road, Pevensey Road and Doddsfield Road.
On top of that, £744,300 a year goes on potholes, patching, drainage, road markings and signs.
Crossings, junctions and school streets
The plan also names smaller schemes. Among them:
- Westgate School: a 20mph upgrade with traffic calming, this year
- Montem Lane: pedestrian improvements for Claycots School, this year
- Shackleton Roundabout, and what the plan calls “anti-social design improvements” in Chalvey, this year
- Wexham Road pelican crossings at Mirador Crescent and Borderside, plus Uxbridge Road at Dolphin Road and Albert Street at Mere Road, this year
- Chalvey Grove school street, a 20mph limit on Lynwood Avenue and work near Iqraa School, in 2027/28
- Cippenham Lane: crossing upgrades at Keel Drive and upgraded junction signals at Richards Way, in 2027/28
- £1m to replace the real-time bus arrival displays in shelters across the borough, over two years
- two new cycleways: Route 8 between Farnham Road and Haymill Road, and Route 2A along Cippenham Lane from the A4 Bath Road to Tuns Lane
What it means for you
- If you use Uxbridge Road, nothing changes yet. The bid may not succeed, and the council still needs to find its £2.56m share. Watch for the DfT’s autumn announcement and a follow-up Cabinet report.
- If your road is on the resurfacing list, the year given is the plan, not a start date. The DfT allows schemes to change with its agreement.
- Any scheme that needs a traffic order goes to a statutory consultation of at least 21 days first, the report says. That is when residents and businesses can object.
Current closures across the borough are on our Slough roadworks and travel page. The Cabinet papers are on the council’s meeting page.
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