WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols has welcomed the Government’s record funding boost for road maintenance, including over £26 million for Warrington.
Councils across England will fix potholes and prevent new ones, thanks to a doubling of roads cash by the end of the Parliament as part of the Budget. Roads across Warrington will now benefit from this.
Each local authority will be able to use its share of the £7.3 billion to identify the roads most in need of repair and deliver immediate improvements for communities and residents.
The Government is also turning up the pressure on local authorities by more than tripling the share of local roads funding that is tied to transparency – from 8% to over 30% of the budget, worth more than £500 million. Councils can only unlock the funding if they publish clear pothole and maintenance data and follow best practice.
Ms Nichols said: “At the election, Labour promised to fix an extra million potholes a year by the end of the Parliament. This announcement shows that we are putting our money where our mouth is. It’s double the funding that was promised by the previous Conservative government.
“Labour is making a real difference to people’s lives. Along with the freeze on rail fares and prescription charges, and £150 off average energy bills from the measures in the Budget, it’s clear that we are on the side of working people.”
The announcement follows the Budget last week, which included a range of measures to address the cost of living, including freezing regulated rail fares for 12 months, keep prescription charges frozen at £9.90, and bringing forward a number of measures to reduce energy bills.
The Chancellor was clear she was determined to defy the forecasts and promised to break Britain out of its cycle of decline through stability, investment and reform.
More than 230 pothole claims made against Warrington council in past three years
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Ms Nichols brags that Labour are providing double the amount of money that the Tories promised to fix our roads. What she conveniently forgets to mention is that the only source of that money is increased taxes on electors and businesses. She also appears to have gone quiet on her efforts to obtain funds to help with reopening Woolston Neighbourhood Hub which, in case she’s forgotten, is in her constituency. Stop the unnecessary bus and. Cycle lane developments and allocate the funds to what the public NEEDS rather than virtue signalling and vanity projects.
I think that what is needed is some quality control on the repairs – Delph Lane will soon be up for it’s pot holes to be done – three times in ten years!