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<p>The Department for Transport has allocated over £1.6 billion to upgrade and improve
local highways in the West Midlands between 2010/11 and 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>However,
secondly, this figure excludes funding for strategic roads that pass through the West
Midlands, which are managed by Highways England. However, it is not possible to cost
work exclusively within the West Midlands fully, as Highways England does not hold
data on the allocated spend for schemes within the boundary.</p><p> </p><p>Thirdly,
Birmingham City Council has a Highways Maintenance Private Finance Initiative contract
from 2010 to 2035, towards which the Department for Transport is providing over £1.1
billion over that period. The Department pays annual PFI credits of about £50 million,
and payments to date total £392 million. Birmingham City Council provides further
investment from its own resources.</p><p> </p><p>Fourth, the Government provides Growth
Deal funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) covering the West Midlands metropolitan
area up to 2020/21, these are:</p><p>• Black Country £218m</p><p>• Greater Birmingham
and Solihull £433m</p><p>• Coventry and Warwickshire £132m</p><p>This funding is provided
for infrastructure to support growth, including new roads and road improvement schemes.</p><p>
</p><p>Data for the allocation of Government funding to roads in Coventry South constituency
is not available as the information is not disaggregated to constituency level.</p>
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