£55million allocated to deal with potholes in Kenilworth and West Midlands

By James Smith

1st Nov 2021 | Local News

The West Midlands has received almost £55million to deal with potholes
The West Midlands has received almost £55million to deal with potholes

The West Midlands is set to receive £55million as councils across England have today (February 15) been allocated their share of £500 million for highways maintenance.

The funding is expected to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes across the country.

It is the second instalment from the £2.5 billion Potholes Fund, providing £500 million a year between 2020/21 and 2024/25, announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 2020 Budget – and is part of wider funding the Department provides for road maintenance, totalling over £1.1 billion across England in 2021/22.

The West Midlands as a whole has been allocated £54,486,000.

With the average pothole costing around £50 to fill in, the funding will ensure that the over one million potholes can be repaired in the region, making thousands of local roads both safer and easier to drive and cycle on.

Transport Minister Baroness Vere said: "We know potholes are more than just a nuisance – they can be dangerous to drivers and cyclists alike, and cause damage to thousands of vehicles every year.

"The funding allocated today will help councils ensure roads in their area are kept up to standard, and that the potholes that blight road users can be dealt with promptly."

The department has already invested heavily in pothole filling since 2015, including the £296 million Pothole Action Fund which ran from 2015/16 – 2020/21. It also topped up highway maintenance investment in 2018 with a one-off £420 million boost to all highway authorities in England, including London.

Through RIS2, the Government is investing £27 billion in the biggest ever roads programme – with £10bn of the record-breaking sum specifically for road maintenance, operations and renewals.

     

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