Cash to repair potholes released

Lincolnshire is set to receive an additional £3.4m from the government’s Pothole Action Repair Fund.

The money will go towards repairing local roads badly affected by the winter weather.

The county council now has a total of £12.4m to spend on potholes, road repairs and other improvements during 2018/19. It includes £9m previously earmarked by the council for this financial year.

“The weather has been a nightmare for the county’s roads this winter, but it’s reassuring that central government has recognised the scope of the issues we are facing here in Lincolnshire at the moment,” said Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways.

“We have already brought in additional teams to help deal with the extra workload and this £3.4m means we can be even more proactive in bringing our roads closer to the standard we like them to be in,” he added.

Lincolnshire received the third largest amount of additional money behind the North East Combined Authority and Devon.

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