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Conservative Group on Cornwall Council welcomes £12million Government money for potholes

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Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
Philip Desmonde CC

The Conservative Group on Cornwall Council has welcomed the news that Cornwall Council will be receiving £12,589,000 ring-fenced for pothole repair as part of a share of £500million allocated to Councils across England for highways maintenance,

It is the second of 5 equal instalments from the £2.5 billion Potholes Fund, providing £500 million a year between 2020/21 and 2024/25, announced by the Chancellor in the 2020 Budget – and is part of wider funding the DfT provides for road maintenance, totalling over £1.1 billion across England in 2021/22.

With the average pothole costing around £50 to fill in, the funding will ensure that the equivalent of 10 million potholes can be rectified, making thousands of local roads both safer and easier to drive and cycle on.

Conservative Shadow Portfolio Holder for Transport Philip Desmonde said:

“I am delighted to see this Conservative Government continue to provide the funding for local authorities to help them in the never-ending quest to fill potholes and keep our roads safe.”

“With the average pothole costing around £50 to fill in, the funding will ensure that the equivalent of more than 250,000 potholes can be rectified, making local roads across Cornwall both safer and easier to drive and cycle on.”

“As this funding is ring-fenced, this Liberal Democrat/Independent administration can’t go spending it on any of their daft projects either, so it is a real win for residents of Cornwall.”

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