Fix our funds to fix our roads
For 2019/20 Lincolnshire County Council had its maintenance funding from the Government cut by a massive £12m. This was to have a huge effect on the county’s roads.
Because of the cash cut, county councillors voted to fill the void so that essential road works could still be carried out. They did this using council funding reserves for the year – but this is something that they won’t be able to do in the future.
This missing £12m pays for filling 24,000 potholes and rebuilding 37 miles of deteriorating road per year.
Now, as the Department for Transport begins lookingContinue reading
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