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# Budget boost for funding to tackle potholes welcomed by leader of Staffordshire County Council
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/budget-boost-for-funding-to-tackle-potholes-welcomed-by-leader-of-staffordshire-county-council/
- Published: 2020-03-11T14:44:21.000Z
- Updated: 2020-03-11T14:44:31.000Z
- Description: Additional funding to tackle potholes has been welcomed by the leader of Staffordshire County Council.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, Transport, News

Additional funding to tackle potholes has been welcomed by the leader of Staffordshire County Council.

The money was confirmed in the Budget today (11th March) as part of a package aimed at infrastructure across the UK.

Cllr Philip Atkins, leader of the county council, said the forecasted £11million of additional funding per year would help the authority deal with potholes on roads across the region.

![Philip Atkins](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5008037399_3c12d53aab_b.jpg)

Philip Atkins

> “I’m pleased to hear the promise of extra investment in key infrastructure such as roads and broadband connectivity.  
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> “Over the last ten years we have invested an extra £65million in road repairs, with £15million additional in the last three years and more than 30,000 potholes fixed last year alone.  
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> “I understand our share of the additional pothole funding is forecast to be around £11million, so I’m pleased the Chancellor has responded to our calls for help maintaining our roads, which play a vital role in keeping Staffordshire’s economy moving.  
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> “Clearly we will be looking at the fine detail of the announcement in the coming weeks and continuing to lobby for long term solutions to local government funding and a sustainable funding arrangement for social care, which takes 65% of our budget.”  
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> Cllr Philip Atkins, Staffordshire County Council