Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set out how £8.3bn of promised funding will be used to tackle what he called the “scourge of potholes”.
The PM announced the money last month as part of plans to scrap part of the HS2 high-speed rail line and spend the savings on other projects.
The funding will go to England’s local councils over the next 11 years for road maintenance.
The funding will go to England’s local councils over the next 11 years for road maintenance.
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, said the money was “a significant boost” but it had consistently called for longer term funding to tackle the repair backlog.
Its spokesman, Darren Rodwell, said: “Longer-term, the government should award council highways departments with five yearly funding allocations to give more certainty, bringing councils on a par with National Highways so they can develop resurfacing programmes and other highways improvements, tackling the scourge of potholes.”
The AA said call-outs to pothole-related breakdowns were at near-record levels, with more than 450,000 so far this year.
AA president Edmund King said the plan could make a “considerable difference in bringing our roads back to the standards which road users expect, especially if councils use the cash efficiently”.
Simon Williams, head of policy at motoring organisation the RAC, said: “This should in time go a considerable way to bringing our roads back to a fit-for-purpose state and saving drivers hundreds of pounds in the process from not having to fork out for frustrating repairs to their vehicles.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set out how £8.3bn of promised funding will be used to tackle what he called the “scourge of potholes”.
The funding will go to England’s local councils over the next 11 years for road maintenance.
The PM announced the money last month as part of plans to scrap part of the HS2 high-speed rail line and spend the savings on other projects.
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, said the money was “a significant boost” but it had consistently called for longer term funding to tackle the repair backlog.
The funding will go to England’s local councils over the next 11 years for road maintenance.
The funding will go to England’s local councils over the next 11 years for road maintenance.
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, said the money was “a significant boost” but it had consistently called for longer term funding to tackle the repair backlog.
Its spokesman, Darren Rodwell, said: “Longer-term, the government should award council highways departments with five yearly funding allocations to give more certainty, bringing councils on a par with National Highways so they can develop resurfacing programmes and other highways improvements, tackling the scourge of potholes.”
The AA said call-outs to pothole-related breakdowns were at near-record levels, with more than 450,000 so far this year.
AA president Edmund King said the plan could make a “considerable difference in bringing our roads back to the standards which road users expect, especially if councils use the cash efficiently”.
Simon Williams, head of policy at motoring organisation the RAC, said: “This should in time go a considerable way to bringing our roads back to a fit-for-purpose state and saving drivers hundreds of pounds in the process from not having to fork out for frustrating repairs to their vehicles.”
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