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<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>Officials at the Department for Transport discuss
highways maintenance matters with local authorities as and when issues are raised
with them. Brighton and Hove City Council also registered to attent the recent "Gearing
up for Efficient Highway Delivery and Funding from 2015 Roadshow" where the Department
sought views from the sector on the future of funding arrangements for highways maintenance
and on improvements to the value for money of the local road network programme.</p><p
/> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Department for Transport provides
capital funding to local highway authorities from the local maintenance highways maintenance
capital block grant and over the four year period from 2011 Brighton and Hove City
Council's allocation is £13.9 million.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p
/> <p>The Department has also allocated additional highways maintenance funding to
authorities to help repair roads damaged due to severe weather events. For Brighton
and Hove City Council this includes £0.152 million in 2010/11, £0.412 million in March
2011 and more recently £0.295 million in March 2014.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p
/> <p> </p><p /> <p>A £200 million Pothole Fund was announced in the recent Budget.
From this, £168 million is being made available to councils in England through a bidding
exercise. Further details of the fund were made available on 24 April, and can be
found at:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pothole-fund-2014-to-2015-application"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/pothole-fund-2014-to-2015-application</a>.</p><p>
</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Any local authorities wishing to apply for
a share of the funding are required to submit an application to the Department for
Transport by 22 May 2014.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p />
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