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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the Government’s announcement on 23 December
2014 in respect to local highways maintenance funding to highway authorities in England,
outside London, the Department for Transport published guidance, an application form,
as well as assessment criteria for the local highways maintenance challenge fund.
The information is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund</a></p><p>
</p><p>Assessment of all the bids received by close on 9 February 2015 is based on
the published criteria and will help inform the decision on successful schemes based
on the evidence supplied by local highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the
assessment by the Department for Transport, each bid is being subject to a dual-assessment,
and will also go through a moderation exercise plus an internal Department for Transport
investment decision committee approval process before Ministers make final decisions
on which schemes will be awarded funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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