Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of potholes in North Shropshire constituency.
Shropshire Council, as a local highway authority, has been allocated the following highway maintenance funding since 2015:
Year | Highways Maintenance funding for Shropshire Council |
2015/16 | £16,498,000 |
2016/17 | £16,160,000 |
2017/18 | £18,756,250 |
2018/19 | £20,588,000 |
2019//20 | £16,948,396 |
2020/21 | £30,253,000 |
2021/22 | £20,599,000 |
2022/23 | £20,599,000 |
2023/24 | £26,880,000 |
2024/25 | £23,218,000 |
2025/26 | £33,680,000 |
The Government has already provided an additional £500 million increase for local highway maintenance this financial year. As a result of this increase, Shropshire Council will receive up to £9.1 million more in additional funding.
Building on this, at the spending review the Chancellor announced that the Government will be providing £24 billion of capital funding between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve motorways and local roads across the country. This funding increase will allow National Highways and local authorities to invest in significantly improving the long-term condition of England’s road network, delivering faster, safer and more reliable journeys.