Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has allocated a further £2.5million for essential roads maintenance in this financial year. This is an investment of over £40million since December in our roads.
Following the Ministers recent announcement of a £7.85million Winter Recovery Road Fund and the 40 resurfacing schemes programmed following the Minister’s £30million December Monitoring Allocation, this further funding will help to tackle the impact recent severe weather conditions have had across our network.
Minister Kimmins said: “I am committed to doing all I can to improve our roads and am pleased today to confirm additional funding of £2.5million which will be allocated for essential roads maintenance in this financial year. Everyone will by now be all too aware of the toll on our road network due to recent severe conditions. I recently announced £7.85million for a Winter Recovery Fund to help us address the worst affected areas as soon as possible.
“I had asked my officials to explore as a matter of urgency every avenue to maximise our available workforce capacity to ensure we are doing as much as we can. Following engagement with our contractors we have secured additional capacity which will allow us to carry out essential repairs across our roads divisions.
“I would encourage the public to continue to report potholes and other surface defects via the online portal. We will continue to inspect and make-safe defects by working to address the highest priority defects as quickly as we can.”
Defects can reported online at – www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/report-pothole-or-other-surface-defect
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