Work has started on a two-year scheme to improve several key roads across Gwynedd.

Around £7.8m of Welsh Government funding will be spent on improving over sixty roads, paths and structures across the county.

Cyngor Gwynedd says it provided strong evidence of the need for investment to secure money from the Local Government Borrowing Initiative.

Council leader Nia Jeffreys said: "The condition of the roads is of concern to a large number of local people, but due to the dire financial situation of local authorities we have not been able to invest in the network as we would have liked."

"I am therefore delighted that our application through the Local Government Borrowing Initiative has been successful."

"This investment will make a huge difference and target the areas most in need in terms of potholes in roads, resurfacing, footpaths, and other structures.”

The work will include resurfacing roads, tar and chip work and repairs to footpaths, bridges and retaining walls.

Cllr June Jones, cabinet member for highways, added: "This extremely good news will allow us to deliver a much broader programme of work than could have been achieved without this investment."

"This news also means that the council will be able to plan spending much better. For example, this past financial year £750,000 was spent on filling potholes on our network here in Gwynedd. This is not the best use of our road maintenance revenue funding as it is completely responsive."

"Through this investment over two years, we are confident that we will reduce our emergency spending on filling potholes in roads and spend more on programmed resurfacing work."