Nottinghamshire will receive around £3.3 million of funding to fix potholes on the county's roads. It was recently announced in the Government's budget that £200 million was being allocated to fix potholes across England, on top of existing highways maintenance funding.
The Government has now confirmed that Nottinghamshire will receive £3,312,000 to fix 66,240 potholes in the county. In Nottingham itself, covered by the city council, £491,600 of funding has been allocated.
Nottinghamshire County Council Leader and Mansfield 's Conservative MP, Ben Bradley, said: "People in Mansfield deserve good quality roads in order to travel around, seeing their family and friends and travelling to work in a safe way. Highways and the state of Nottinghamshire's roads was the major issue in the local elections back in 2021.