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<p>The Government is committed to improving the local road network. Road improvements
in Wales are a devolved matter and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p><p>
</p><p>The attached table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways
Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major
Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided
through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling
Grant.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also funding local highways maintenance projects
in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Sheffield, Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Hounslow
through the Private Finance Initiative.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are also able
to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government
through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for
local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole
range of services that they provide.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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