Funding announced for London road repairs

The Department for Transport has announced £235 million to upgrade and repair roads across London.

The funding is redirected from HS2 to resurface roads across the capital over the next 11 years.

Allocations for each London borough and Transport for London have been confirmed, meaning authorities can start spending immediately.

The allocations are based on the size of the road network that local authorities and TfL maintain respectively and include funding boosts over the next year of £354,000 for Hillingdon, £455,000 for Bromley and £368,000 for Barnet.

London boroughs will immediately receive around 96 per cent of the £7.5 million first-year funding and TfL around 4 per cent.

Councils will be held accountable for how they spend the money by being required to publish regular updates on the proposed works and they could see future money withheld if they fail to do so.

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."