THE budget for repairing the town's pothole-ridden roads is being slashed in half, from £320,000 to just £160,000 a year, among a host of other money-saving changes. Here's your WAB Guide on what's set to change.

A council report says this can only be done for one year, or two at most, before the borough's roads sustain significant long-term damage.

It states there were 33,500 defects repaired in 2012/13 but it's thought only 18,000 defects a year could be repaired under the new £160,000 budget, meaning about 15,000 minor defects will not be touched from 2014/15, resulting in the highway surface deteriorating.

Four jobs and one vehicle will also be lost as a result, but cuts to environmental services as a whole threatens 43 jobs and other significant reductions in services.

Two packages of cuts were approved by Barnsley Council last month - saving more than £2million. Here's a list of where the money will be saved.

- Three senior management posts will be lost through merging Neighbourhood Services with Waste and Engineering Services to save £150,000.

- The refuse and recycling collection is being redesigned to save £450,000 through the loss of 11 jobs, four refuse collection vehicles and a reduction in overtime.

- Two supervisory/management posts in Neighbourhood Services will go to save £60,000 and cardboard will be separated from green waste to avoid £250,000 in disposal costs.

- Eight street cleaner posts will be cut but many of the 1,500 litter bins will continue to be emptied, with seldom used bins being removed. All dog bins will continue to be emptied.

- Grass mowing will be slashed and five jobs lost to save £130,000 by not mowing 200,000 sq metres of banks and 'hard to cut' areas.

- Three jobs will be lost in general grounds maintenance, saving £72,000 and reducing the number of shrub and flower beds everywhere except Barnsley town centre and the crematorium.

- Public toilets will be closed other than in Barnsley town centre, leading to the loss of one job and saving £40,000.

- Two ranger service jobs will go to save £60,000, resulting in less maintenance and remedial work on 750km of public rights of way.

- The Play Area team will also lose a post, saving £30,000.

A council report warns it will substantially reduce the team's ability to repair or replace play equipment when it becomes unsafe. In time, all play equipment will be removed as there will no longer be funds to repair or replace equipment.

- A job and tractor will be lost in the Tractor Team to save a further £50,000 and means some 1,000,000 sq metres of grass will no longer be mown.