A piece that I co-wrote for the latest issue of Local Transport Today (LTT) about last weekend’s local highways maintenance allocations is now available for free on TransportXtra.
It’s mainly based on my reporting earlier this week, when ministers sought to pull a rabbit out of the hat after withholding funding details on Budget day itself:
Ministers have announced £7.3bn capital funding for local highway maintenance in England over the next four years, keeping the £500m ‘uplift’ from last year, but requiring councils to jump through more hoops to get the extra cash.
It includes the RAC welcoming something for which they have been calling for a long time:
RAC head of policy Simon Williams said “We welcome the Government linking additional funding to councils who commit to carrying out preventative maintenance, as this stops potholes forming in the first place and extends the life of roads. It’s also far cheaper than continuously patching pothole-ridden roads only to have to pay far more to resurface them.”
As it says on the website, it’s one of many articles that you can get if you subscribe to LTT.
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