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<p>The Government is providing over £6.6 billion of funding to local highway authorities
for local highways maintenance in England, outside London, between 2015 and 2021 to
help them tackle the condition of the local road network. Well-planned maintenance
to prevent potholes and other defects forming on the roads is vital. Councils that
do this well get better value for every pound spent and improve their customer satisfaction.
So, from 2016/17, this Government introduced incentive funding to help encourage local
highway authorities to manage their road networks better and achieve greater efficiencies.</p><p>
</p><p>Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act
1980 to maintain the local highway network in their area. The Act does not set out
specific standards of maintenance, as it is for each individual local highway authority
to assess which parts of its network need repair based on its local knowledge and
circumstances. In a rural area there will be many miles of roads so it is for each
local highway authority to decide how to prioritise maintenance of its road network.</p>
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