A local authority is ‘set to approve’ an extra £1m of funding to go towards repairing nearly 20,000 more potholes on roads across the county.
Nottinghamshire County Council is recommending that the money is spent on the ‘county’s under-funded roads’.
In March this year, Notts villagers held a ‘birthday’ for a pothole they had been complaining about for two years.
If given the go ahead, the funding is expected to help the authority repair an additional 19,000 potholes before the end of March next year.
Currently the County Council spends around £2.5m per year on repairs.
The new finance and major contracts management committee meets for the first time next Monday (June 19) to decide whether or not to grant the funding.
The £1m is the amount saved in the last financial year by the council.
Chairman of the committee councillor Richard Jackson: “The message we hear from local people is that a lack of investment in the road network across the county over the last few years has led to them deteriorating quite badly in some areas.
“This extra money will boost our budget for road repairs by around 30 per cent, which is a major statement of intent by the new administration.
“The £1m we’ve identified is from underspent budgets in 2016/17, which means it won’t affect spending in other areas.
“But rather than that money disappearing into reserves, we think it’s important that we use it to reinvest in our neglected road network.
“Now that we’ve been able to identify the funding, colleagues in the Highways Department and members of the communities and place committee will draw up the detailed plans about how and where the money will be spent so that we get maximum value for our investment.
“Motorists can continue to play a really important role in helping us identify the roads in greatest need of repair by reporting them on our website or with their local county councillor.”
