DRIVERS across the Westcountry are set to get a long-awaited improvement in the region’s pothole-ridden road network as part of an £8.3 billion windfall to resurface and maintain the UK’s carriageways.
Rishi Sunak pledged to tackle “the scourge of potholes” with the funding and described the investment, which will be made available to local authorities over 11 years, as “unprecedented”.
The investment, confirmed yesterday by Transport Secretary Mark Harper, comes as part of the Government’s Network North plan published in October to spend money saved by scrapping HS2 north of Birmingham.
Mr Harper said the funding is “the largest investment in local road maintenance ever”.
AA figures show call-outs to potholerelated breakdowns are at near-record levels. The organisation has received more than 450,000 so far this year.
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