A new multi-million-pound investment in repairing potholes and boosting road drainage has been agreed by Devon council members.
Devon County Council’s cabinet was set to discuss a £10m cash injection for pothole repairs and pre-emptive road drainage work.
However, on hearing that the county budget for 2023/24 has come in underspent by £5.2m, an extra £2m was agreed taking the overall investment to £12m.
Cllr Stuart Hughes, cabinet member for highway management, said: ‘We’re now in a position to invest an extra £12m in our highway network which is very welcome. This is a significant cash injection which will have a positive impact on the condition of our roads, not only by repairing potholes but also improving drainage to make our roads more resilient.
‘The extremely wet weather over the past year has inflicted a huge amount of damage on the network so there’s no denying that there’s a substantial amount of work that our highway teams will be tackling.’
