Council earmarks extra £4 million for roads
By Matt Hall | 29th May 2018
Gloucestershire County Council has allocated an extra £3.869 million to spend on highways work.
The news will be welcomed by motorists and cyclists who are having to negotiate some shocking conditions on county roads.
The county council says the money is part of its £150 million investment into highways.
Of the extra funding, £0.563 million has come from a Department of Transport (DfT) grant and £1.706 million is from external contributions. £1.09 million is from last year's revenue contribution, £0.5 million from 18/19 revenue contribution has been included and £10k from Section 106 developer contributions.
Full council approved the estimated £34.336 million capital highways budget in February 2018. Next week, cabinet is being asked to approve a breakdown of this funding and how it's allocated to specific budget pots and individual schemes.
Vernon Smith, Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet member for roads and flood said, "I'm sure residents will join me in welcoming this additional money to help improve our roads and invest into our highway schemes.
"As a council, we're doubling our investment into resurfacing this summer and have committed £150 million into the county's roads over five years.
"With all our planned works in the coming years we're focussing on making sure our road network is as efficient and safe for all road users as possible. There is still a lot to do - so I ask that you please bear with us."
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