Mayor provides extra £12m to tackle region's potholes

Six councils are to each get and extra £2m to help fill thousands of potholes and resurface roads across the West Midlands.

The £12m funding – enough to fill 132,000 potholes - will be shared between Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton for their current road maintenance and repair programmes.

It will also pay for new low-carbon surface treatments, developed and tested in the West Midlands, which will be applied to roads to extend their lifespan and reduce carbon emissions.  

West Midlands mayor Richard Parker said: “I know that too many of our roads are blighted with deep potholes, huge cracks and craters – leaving motorists struggling with dangerous driving conditions and large repair bills.

“That’s why I decided to reallocate this money to road maintenance budgets. I know our councils will be able to get to work quickly to bring more roads up to scratch and improve journeys for every road user.”

The six councils were initially allocated £24 million CRSTS money for road maintenance this year.

Since then, the mayor has secured an extra £20 million - doubling the road maintenance budgets for the six councils.

Birmingham City Council’s road repairs are funded through a separate private finance initiative process.