Conservative Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, Cllr Sam Smith reacts to today’s pothole funding announcement.
Responding to the £75m pothole funding announcement for the East Midlands, the Conservative Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, Cllr Sam Smith, said: “Repairing our roads and pavements is Nottinghamshire County Council’s number one priority. We are investing record amounts of funding into more resurfacing and this year we will spend more than £65m on repairs.
“Funding announced today will be issued to the East Midlands County Combined Authority, which will eventually pass it to us. My worry is that it may not be new funding and could instead be funding that had already been announced.
“Each year the County Council receives funding to repair roads and I fear that today’s announcement will not result in an increase of what we usually receive.
“We await confirmation on the figures from EMCCA and my highways department is working closely with the Combined Authority to clarify the figures. I hope we can confirm additional investment in the next few weeks.”
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