Department for Transport written question – answered at on 9 February 2021.
Andrew Mitchell
Conservative, Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he has allocated to Birmingham City Council for the repair of potholes in the last 12 months.
Rachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Birmingham City Council, as the local highway authority, is responsible for the maintenance of its local road network. Birmingham City Council has a Highways Maintenance Private Finance Initiative project for the comprehensive upgrade and maintenance, over 25 years, of their highway network.
The project commenced operation on 7 June 2010; the Department is providing over £1.2 billion towards the £2.7 billion total cost.
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