The Conservatives plan to deliver the biggest ever funding increase for local road improvements. Last November, the Conservative Government announced an extra £8.3 billion to improve local roads across England, enough to resurface over 5,000 miles of road, made possible by reallocated HS2 funding.
Jill Mortimer has welcomed that Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) has responded to the Government’s request to set out their plans for how £2,998,000 will be used to repair and resurface roads in Hartlepool and the Tees Valley over the next two years.
This is part of £100,104,000 allocated to TVCA as part of a long term, 11-year plan to improve local roads.
A nationwide programme of pothole repairs and road resurfacing projects, made possible by the £8.3 billion in reallocated HS2 funding, has been revealed – with the first set of roads already having been resurfaced to make journeys by road safer, faster, and smoother.
As a condition of this funding, and to make sure money is being spent on pothole repairs, local authorities are required have published two-year plans detailing exactly which local roads will benefit.
The plans for TVCA can be found at https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/travel/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/Local-Highway-Authority-Funding-Report-March-2023.pdf
Commenting, Jill Mortimer said:
“I know from speaking to Hartlepool constituents how frustrating potholes and deteriorating roads can be.
“That is why I am delighted the Conservative Government is sticking to the plan to improve journeys for drivers across the country, funding road and pothole repairs, and committing £100,104,000 over the next ten years to improve roads across TVCA.
“By sticking to the plan to improve roads and fix potholes across the country, the Conservative Government is making journeys by car and bike faster, more reliable, safer and more comfortable.”
Commenting, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said:
“We’re on the side of drivers, which is why this Government is getting on with delivering our plan to invest an additional £8.3 billion in the biggest ever funding increase for local road improvements, made possible by reallocated HS2 funding.
“Alongside this unprecedented funding, which is already being used to improve local roads, we’re making sure local people can hold their local authority to account and see for themselves how the investment will be spent to improve local roads for years to come."