Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 102872

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 22 January 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 99925, what assumptions were used to estimate that the funding increases described will enable local authorities to fill an additional one million potholes

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The estimate is based on the industry assumption that the national average cost of repairing a pothole is approximately £70. Using this figure, the £7.3 billion of funding from 2026/27 - 2029/30 would enable local authorities to fix millions of additional...

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