Devon County Council is to spend more than £3 million patching and resurfacing the county’s potholed roads.
The ‘Pothole Action Fund’ repair scheme will fund more than 250 road repair schemes across Devon.
Teignbridge areas in the scheme include more than £51,000 for the Exminster and Kenton division; and repairs and resurfacing to Old Totnes Road in Newton Abbot and Ashburton; Fairfield Terrace in Newton Abbot; Kittersely Drive in Bovey Tracey; Coryton Close in Dawlish; Greycoat Lane in Kingsteignton; and Teignmouth’s Moor Close.
The roads will be repaired using the county council’s £3.192 million allocation from the government.
Most of the work will be patching, but resurfacing work will also be carried out. To ensure the funding is spent in the areas of most need, the funding allocations have been determined using pothole frequency data.
Cllr Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management, said: ‘This investment of more than £3 million is being spent on roads that need it the most and are local priorities, and we’re making sure that the money goes as far as possible.
‘With the biggest road network of any local authority in the country it’s impossible to repair every road in Devon that needs attention but we’re making the best use of the money we’ve been given by government.’
Devon’s 8,000-mile road network needs around £55 million of capital investment every year to maintain its current condition.
The Pothole Action Funding is in addition to the £44,325,000 of capital funding for highway maintenance, which the county council has received from the Department for Transport for 2017/18. However, this is not only used to cover the cost of road repairs but also goes towards maintenance of pavements, street lighting, traffic signals, bridges, drainage systems, safety barriers and public rights of way, among other work.
The Pothole Action Fund repair schemes have to be completed before April. The full list of schemes is available at https://new.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/maintaining-roads/business-plan-2015-2021/pothole-action-fund/