Draft budget provides £15M extra to tackle Welsh repair backlog

26 October 2006

The Welsh Assembly Government has earmarked an extra £15M a year for local authorities to invest in road maintenance, in its draft budget for 2007/08.
Finance minister, Sue Essex, said the extra funding would enable local authorities to make ‘real progress’ in implementing a programme of work to tackle the backlog of repairs.
The announcement was welcomed by the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), which had called for an extra £20M a year for road maintenance.

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