Record funding boost for roads and potholes

Record funding boost for roads and potholes

Gareth Snell MP has welcomed the Labour Government’s funding boost for road maintenance.

The roads cash Stoke-on-Trent is set to receive as part of the Budget is an additional £6.8 million by the end of the Parliament to fix potholes and prevent new ones

Each local authority will be able to use its share to identify the roads most in need of repair and deliver immediate improvements for communities and residents.

The Government is also turning up the pressure on local authorities by more than tripling the share of local roads funding that is tied to transparency – from 8% to over 30% of the budget, worth more than £500 million. Councils can only unlock the funding if they publish clear pothole and maintenance data and follow best practice.

Gareth Snell MP said: “At the election, Labour promised to fix an extra million potholes a year by the end of the Parliament. This shows we are putting our money where our mouth is. It’s double the funding that was promised by the previous Conservative government. It will get Britain moving.”

The announcement follows the Chancellor’s Budget, which included a range of measures to address the cost of living and bring forward measures to reduce energy bills.