BRISTOL GETS £1M BOOST TO FIX POTHOLE

Bristol's roads received a much needed £1million boost from the Government to fix potholes. It couldn't come at a better time - just weeks after an insurance survey found Bristol to be the Pothole Capital of England! This additional money is part of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's £200million national Potholes Fund, and its focus on essential repairs to junctions and roundabouts will go a long way in improving Bristol's road network. City council opposition Conservative group leader Cllr Mark Weston added: “This extra funding is greatly appreciated given the poor state our roads are in." We're hopeful this money will provide much needed relief for our decaying road network!

The Government has invested £1million to help restore Bristol’s roads! We’ve been working hard to make sure our infrastructure is in peak condition, and this generous addition from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Potholes Fund will be a great help. Insurance findings have recently deemed Bristol as the ‘Pothole Capital of England’, and we’re hopeful that this money will boost our efforts in restoring nearby junctions and roundabouts. Cllr Mark Weston, Conservative group leader of the city council said: “This extra funding is greatly appreciated given the poor state our roads are in.”

A report to the Labour cabinet, which meets on Tuesday, May 2, seeking approval for the work said Bristol’s share of £990,000 was from a regional award of £2.8million made to the West of England Combined Authority, which also includes South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset councils. It said potential roads in the city had been identified and would be prioritised based on their condition, volume of traffic and the number of defect repairs and complaints.

The report said Bristol City Council fixed more than 2,500 potholes a year. “The work will be targeted at sites where there is significant potholing and where we are frequently having to carry out response repairs,” it said.

“That should significantly improve the condition of those sites, impacting the local environment and reducing the number of response repairs, so that resource can be better allocated in the future.” The report said preventative maintenance was already funded for this financial year.