11.04.2016 For immediate release: The Government has announced a £250 million Pothole Action Fund to repair local roads and deliver better journeys.
Motorists and cyclists are set to benefit after the Government today announced how £50 million of funding will be made available to councils over the next 12 months.
Every journey starts and ends on a local road, so the Government is giving councils £250 million over five years to specifically help councils table the blight of potholes in their local area. This funding will see nearly one million potholes filled in the next year alone.
This investment shows that we are delivering on our commitment to invest in infrastructure to attract businesses and secure a better future for our economy.
Huw Merriman has welcomed new dedicated funding from the Government to fill nearly 1 million potholes across the UK, including £642,000 to fill an estimated 12,113 potholes in East Sussex
Local motorists will benefit from the dedicated funding after the Government announced that nearly £50 million of funding will be made available to local councils over the next 12 months. This is part of a wider move to fill 157,282 potholes across the South East with over 100 councils in England receiving funding.
The funding has been made available to councils as part of the Government’s £250 million Pothole Action Fund included in last month’s budget, which will see over four million potholes fixed by 2020/21, and is part of the Government’s plan to invest in infrastructure to secure a better future for our economy.
Huw commented:
‘The state of our roads is consistently raised with me by local residents and remains a great source of frustration for drivers.
‘This new funding is welcome news for families and businesses in the Bexhill and Battle constituency who rely on our roads to get around. I’ve been campaigning for a long time for greater investment in road repairs, and I’m encouraging the council to make full use of their allocation locally.
‘I’m glad that the Government is investing both nationally and locally to improve the standard of our local roads. It shows that we are delivering on our commitment to invest in infrastructure to attract businesses and secure Britain’s future.”