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<p>From the £5.8 billion the Department for Transport (DfT) announced in December
2014 to be allocated to local highway authorities in England for highways maintenance
between 2015 and 2021, we have allocated £275 million between 2015 and 2017 for a
local highways maintenance Challenge Fund for major maintenance projects. We announced
on 24 March 2015 those schemes which would receive funding. The allocation by region
is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DfT
funding £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>24.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>53.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>11.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>50.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>19.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>55.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>51.87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Further
information can be found at the following weblink:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p
/> <p> </p><p><a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/challenge-fund/index.html" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/challenge-fund/index.html</a></p><p>
</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>For a selection
of schemes, the Department has requested further information from local highway authorities
to ensure that they are in a position to proceed. Subject to this, it is expected
that the Department would begin to allocate funding to the authorities this summer.</p><p
/> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p>
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