Councils hold back cash plans on fixing potholes

By Chris Ames | 10 April 2024

One in seven eligible English highway authorities have failed to detail their plans for the Government’s £300m of redirected HS2 road resurfacing cash.

The Department for Transport said that as a condition of the funding and to make sure the money was being spent on pothole repairs, local authorities were required to publish a two-year plan detailing exactly which roads will benefit.

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