Councils may get up to £204m to fix potholes

Up to £204m may be given to Shropshire's local authorities to help fill potholes over the next four years.

Shropshire Council will receive up to £168m across the period if it can meet government targets and demonstrate it complies with best practice in highways maintenance.

Neighouring Telford and Wrekin Council will receive up to £36m if it meets the same targets.

The money can also be spent on pothole prevention and would be handed out in stages over the coming years.

Shropshire Council, which is run by the Liberal Democrats, has made well-maintained roads, accessible transport and infrastucture one of its main priorities.

It has set up a group to find better ways to tackle the issue and it will get a minimum of £122.3m.

A survey by the tyre company Blackcircles last year found the Telford area had the eighth-lowest ratio of potholes to land in the country.

The council there will receive a minimum of £26.2m over the next four years.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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