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Council road repairs cash down £400m next year
County councils have said they will have ‘no choice’ but to cancel high priority highway maintenance works next year after the Government announced capital funding allocations down £398m on current levels.
The Department for Transport has announced capital funding of £1.385bn for local road maintenance and pothole filling in 2021/22
This comprises £500m under the Potholes Fund, £500m Highways Maintenance Block (HMB) needs element, £125m HMB incentive element and £260m Integrated Transport Block funding.
The County Councils Network (CCN) pointed out that last year total cash under these headings totalled £1.783bn.
It said this had allowed its members to undertake significant improvements to local roads, with planned capital investment rising 13% in a single year and that ‘given the Government commitment to continue to invest an additional £500m through the pothole fund over and above existing resources, CCN member coun