Department for Transport written question – answered at on 12 July 2021.
Kim Leadbeater
Labour, Batley and Spen
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated from the National Roads Fund towards the repair of potholes in the Batley and Spen Constituency.
Rachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport is providing over £36 million to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority for local road maintenance during 2021/22. It is entirely for the Combined Authority to decide how much of this to allocate to Kirklees Council as the highway authority for the local road network in the Batley and Spen Constituency.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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