Four separate contracts worth up to £7.5m each have been approved that will see extensive carriageway maintenance undertaken in all 23 of Glasgow’s council wards over the next ten months.

Following a mini-competition process, each contract has been awarded to a different contractor on the Civils and Infrastructure tender framework to ensure each firm has the capacity to deliver the expected work programme by the end of this financial year.

Three of the contract packages were approved by the council’s Contracts and Property Committee while one other was agreed under delegated powers.

The £30m allocated for road resurfacing is one of the largest contract packages issued by the council in recent years and is part of a wider three-year, £119m investment programme in the city’s roads network, which includes work on footways, street lighting and structures.

Plans have already been developed to pinpoint where the resurfacing work will be undertaken and it is expected that contractors will be set to work across the city in coming weeks. Over 400 city streets will be targeted for resurfacing this year.

With more than £60m to be allocated for resurfacing within the full investment package, it is anticipated more than 800 streets will receive extensive maintenance over the course of the three-year programme.

A spokesperson for Glasgow City Council said: “The award of these four contracts lays the ground for marked improvements to road surfaces all across the city over the course of this financial year.

“Work has already been undertaken to identify where improvement works should be prioritised and we will be liaising with the four contractors on how the resurfacing programme will be rolled out in the months ahead.

“We want to move quickly to implementation and fully anticipate work on this phase of the roads investment programme to begin in mid-May. Residents in all wards will see resurfacing work being undertaken in their part of the city that ensures long term improvements to local surfaces. By the end of the three year programme we expect to see a noticeable reduction in potholes across the city.”

The £119m investment programme will also allocate substantial funds for footways, street lighting, roadside drainage, street furniture and structures such as the Clyde Tunnel and Shieldhall Overpass.