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<p>The £201 million announced on 31 March is made up of £50 million from the Pothole
Action and Flood Resilience Funds and £151 million Incentive Element of Local Highways
Maintenance funding for the 2019/20 financial year. This is an element of the £6.6
billion for local highway maintenance the Department for Transport is providing between
2015 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Barnsley Council (along with Doncaster, Rotherham and
Sheffield City Councils) is a constituent member of the Sheffield City Region Combined
Authority. Since 2010 highway maintenance block funding has been paid directly to
the Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p>From the £201 million the Sheffield City Region
will receive:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sheffield
City Region £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pothole Action and Flood Resilience
Funds*</p></td><td><p>2.106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incentive Element*</p></td><td><p>0.722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.828</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
Sheffield City Council’s Highways Maintenance PFI project commenced operation on 20
August 2012 and the Department for Transport is providing £47,664,262 per annum. While
this is operational Sheffield will not be eligible to receive highways maintenance
block funding from the Department for Transport.</p>
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