Roads: Shropshire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has provided to Shropshire Council to fill potholes in each year since 2015.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
Shropshire Council, as a local highway authority, has been allocated the following highway maintenance funding since 2015:
Year | Highways Maintenance funding for Shropshire Council |
2015/16 | £16,498,000 |
2016/17 | £16,160,000 |
2017/18 | £18,756,250 |
2018/19 | £20,588,000 |
2019//20 | £16,948,396 |
2020/21 | £30,253,000 |
2021/22 | £20,599,000 |
2022/23 | £20,599,000 |
2023/24 | £26,880,000 |
2024/25 | £23,218,000 |
2025/26 | £33,680,000 |
The Government has already provided an additional £500 million increase for local highway maintenance this financial year. As a result of this increase, Shropshire Council will receive up to £9.1 million more in additional funding.
Building on this, at the spending review the Chancellor announced that the Government will be providing £24 billion of capital funding between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve motorways and local roads across the country. This funding increase will allow National Highways and local authorities to invest in significantly improving the long-term condition of England’s road network, delivering faster, safer and more reliable journeys.
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