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<p>The responsibility for local highways maintenance in London, including repairing
potholes, is a devolved matter and therefore falls to Transport for London and the
London Boroughs. Since 2010, the Department for Transport has allocated London Boroughs
with additional funding to help repair potholes, as set out in the table below:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding
Stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Redbridge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
for London </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Severe Weather</p></td><td><p>0.124</p></td><td><p>3.387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Winter
2011</p></td><td><p>0.270</p></td><td><p>10.284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Winter
2014 (paid to TfL)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Pothole
Fund</p></td><td><p>0.325</p></td><td><p>10.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Budget
– additional funding</p></td><td><p>0.064</p></td><td><p>2.234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Budget
– highways maintenance additional funding</p></td><td><p>0.550</p></td><td><p>20.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1.333</p></td><td><p>55.905</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>‘Total
for London’ includes Redbridge figure.</em></p><p> </p><p>Funding for local highway
authorities in England, outside London, for highways maintenance, which includes pothole
repair, is available on the Department for Transport website. The latest information
can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/roads-funding-information-pack"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/roads-funding-information-pack</a></p><p>
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