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Councils hit record £4.9bn road spend as DfT adds £220m more

By Anthony at GridteamAI

The Department for Transport says English councils have spent a record £4.9 billion on road maintenance this year, around £800 million more than before this government took office, resurfacing nearly 7,000 miles of road, 10% more than last year. It is releasing a further £220 million in performance-linked funding to councils that met maintenance targets, with 94% of councils now carrying out preventative works, up from 76% last year.

Our readTying the extra money to councils that already hit their targets rewards the well-organised; it does little on its own to close the gap for the ones still behind.
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