An extra £235 million will be spent on upgrading London roads using funds redirected from HS2, the Government has announced.
The funding will be used to resurface roads across the capital over the next 11 years, with £7.5 million of funding being made immediately available.
Bromley Council will receive £455,000 over the next year, the most of any borough while Croydon Council will get £382,000.
It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak axed the Birmingham to Manchester section of HS2 following surging costs.
Mr Sunak said the move would save £36 billion which could be put into other transport projects around the country.
The prime minister also ordered the cost of the Euston leg of HS2 to be reduced by £6.5 billion – meaning it will only be built if it can be part-financed with private investment.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has said around 96 per cent of the £7.5 million first year funding will be given to London boroughs, with Transport for London (TfL) receiving the remaining four per cent.
The allocations are based on the size of the road network that local authorities and TfL maintain, the DfT explained.
Bromley Council will receive the largest investment, closely followed by Croydon Council.
Kensington and Chelsea Council will receive £101,000 while the City of London will be allocated £21,000.
Councils will have to publish regular updates on proposed works or they could see money withheld in the future.
The funding is part of an £8.3 billion plan which could resurface more than 5,000 miles of roads across England.
The Department for Transport has said the plan is the largest-ever investment into road repairs and improvements.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said: “This Government is on the side of drivers and is investing £235 million to improve and repair London’s roads, part of the biggest-ever funding uplift for local road improvements.
“This funding is part of a long-term, 11-year plan to ensure road users across London have smoother, faster and safer journeys by using redirected HS2 funding to make the right long-term decisions for a brighter future."
The DfT also announced on Monday morning that it had awarded TfL £250 million in capital funding for the 2024/25 financial year.
But TfL had wanted £500 million a year over the next four or five years – with the mayor last week warning of the risk of “managed decline” of the capital’s public transport system if all the money was not forthcoming.
The cash should be sufficient to safeguard the £2bn Piccadilly line upgrade, which will see a fleet of new trains enter service from 2025.
According to the RAC, well-maintained roads could save drivers up to £440 each in vehicle repairs from pothole damage.
Here is a full breakdown of how much funding each London borough will receive:
Highway authority |
2023-24 – additional funding |
2024-25 – additional funding |
Minimum additional funding between 2023-24 and 2033-34 |
Barking and Dagenham |
£171,000 |
£171,000 |
£5,357,000 |
Barnet |
£368,000 |
£368,000 |
£11,538,000 |
Bexley |
£275,000 |
£275,000 |
£8,620,000 |
Brent |
£233,000 |
£233,000 |
£7,306,000 |
Bromley |
£455,000 |
£455,000 |
£14,240,000 |
Camden |
£137,000 |
£137,000 |
£4,275,000 |
City of London |
£21,000 |
£21,000 |
£672,000 |
Croydon |
£382,000 |
£382,000 |
£11,951,000 |
Ealing |
£291,000 |
£291,000 |
£9,099,000 |
Enfield |
£310,000 |
£310,000 |
£9,694,000 |
Greenwich |
£250,000 |
£250,000 |
£7,827,000 |
Hackney |
£128,000 |
£128,000 |
£4,020,000 |
Hammersmith and Fulham |
£109,000 |
£109,000 |
£3,427,000 |
Haringey |
£176,000 |
£176,000 |
£5,501,000 |
Harrow |
£241,000 |
£241,000 |
£7,534,000 |
Havering |
£333,000 |
£333,000 |
£10,416,000 |
Hillingdon |
£354,000 |
£354,000 |
£11,088,000 |
Hounslow |
£233,000 |
£233,000 |
£7,291,000 |
Islington |
£113,000 |
£113,000 |
£3,547,000 |
Kensington and Chelsea |
£101,000 |
£101,000 |
£3,156,000 |
Kingston upon Thames |
£167,000 |
£167,000 |
£5,227,000 |
Lambeth |
£180,000 |
£180,000 |
£5,624,000 |
Lewisham |
£211,000 |
£211,000 |
£6,599,000 |
Merton |
£186,000 |
£186,000 |
£5,831,000 |
Newham |
£213,000 |
£213,000 |
£6,663,000 |
Redbridge |
£262,000 |
£262,000 |
£8,214,000 |
Richmond upon Thames |
£204,000 |
£204,000 |
£6,389,000 |
Southwark |
£189,000 |
£189,000 |
£5,915,000 |
Sutton |
£230,000 |
£230,000 |
£7,213,000 |
Tower Hamlets |
£137,000 |
£137,000 |
£4,304,000 |
Transport for London |
£297,000 |
£297,000 |
£9,308,000 |
Waltham Forest |
£211,000 |
£211,000 |
£6,600,000 |
Wandsworth |
£202,000 |
£202,000 |
£6,311,000 |
Westminster |
£161,000 |
£161,000 |
£5,038,000 |
London total |
£7,531,000 |
£7,531,000 |
£235,805,000 |
