Issue details

Release and allocation of £770,000 additional highway maintenance funding announced in November 2018 as part of the Autumn Budget.

In October 2018 the Chancellor announced in the Budget the Government was allocating a further £420 million of new money for local highways maintenance. This additional resource is being allocated using the highways maintenance funding formula and is for the repair of roads (including potholes), bridges and local highways infrastructure generally. This equates to £770,000 for Darlington
The funding needs to be used by 31 March 2019 and therefore the maintenance programme needs to be reviewed and schemes identified that can be delivered in the timescales, and within any other terms and conditions set out as part of the funding agreement.
To expedite the expenditure, the programme will be agreed with the Portfolio Holder for Transport.

Implementation date of 18 December 2018.