DfT highways maintenance funding

• Department for Transport Pothole Action Fund 2016/17

  Details of Bury's allocation of the Government's Pothole Action Fund.

• Department for Transport Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund 2015

  The purpose of the Fund is to enable highway authorities to bid for major maintenance projects that are otherwise difficult to fund through normal 'needs based' allocations.

• Department for Transport additional highways maintenance funding 2014/2015

  In order to help deal with damage to the road network caused by severe winter weather, the Department for Transport has granted Bury additional maintenance funds

• Department for Transport additional local highways maintenance funding 2013/2014

  The Chancellor's 2012 Autumn Statement on 5 December 2012 announced an additional £1.5 billion of Government investment to improve the highway network and reduce congestion. Of this, £215 million of Government capital funds are to be given to Local Authorities to renew, repair and extend the life of the highway network in England.

• Department for Transport - Pothole Fund application

  The Government has created a Pothole Fund worth £200 million, with £168 million being made available to highway authorities in England to repair damage to the local road network. This funding is available for the 2014/2015 financial year (1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015).