Overview
- More than 30% of the maintenance pot is now conditional on councils publishing clear pothole and repair data and following best practice, up from 8% and worth over £500 million.
- Authorities will still receive core allocations, but access to the expanded extra funding depends on meeting the transparency rules, with noncompliant councils missing out.
- Regional planning figures include £800 million for the North West over four years and £15.6 million for Greater Manchester next year.
- Yorkshire and the Humber will share a £500 million allocation, with £160 million in the region tied to the new transparency requirement.
- Ministers say the programme delivers a pledge to fix an extra one million potholes per year and describe it as the biggest-ever investment in road maintenance.