Staffordshire road repair fund awarded almost 16m
Councillor Mark Deaville, cabinet member for strategic highways, said it would take a doubling of the current level of government funding over a 20-year period to address the current national maintenance backlog."It's good news, but challenges will undoubtedly remain with regard to maintenance of our highways," he said. Cabinet members heard that £5m would be used to increase the number of crews on sites repairing roads. It will include funding for a second machine for pre-patching and pre-surface dressing, which can also be used for general maintenance and repairs.
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