Cherilyn Mackrory, Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth has welcomed the announcement by Transport Secretary Mark Harper today of allocations from a £8.3 billion long-term plan, enough to resurface over 5,000 miles of road across the country over the next 11 years. It’s one of the key cornerstones of Network North to improve journeys for all.
The funding includes an additional £111million for Cornwall’s roads.
Across England, local highway authorities such as Cornwall Council will receive £150 million this financial year, followed by a further £150 million for 2024/2025, with the rest of the funding allocated through to 2034.
Each local authority can use its share of the £8.3 billion to identify what local roads are in most need of repair and deliver immediate improvements for communities and residents.
The Government has already confirmed £5.5 billion up until 2024/25, for England outside London, which includes the £200 million announced by the Chancellor at the Budget in March. Today’s £8.3 billion nationwide boost comes on top of that and extends until 2034, providing long-term certainty to local authorities and helping to prevent potholes from coming back in the future.
The funding also comes on top of the local transport, road and rail budgets allocated at the last Spending Review and in addition to what local authorities were already expecting for the next decade.
Cherilyn said:
“I am pleased to see that the Transport Secretary has today confirmed that Cornwall will be getting £111million to spend on roads maintenance as part of the reallocation of money following the cancellation of part of the HS2 project.”
“This is additional money on top of the millions in funding that Cornwall already gets from the Government to help with roads maintenance that we wouldn’t have otherwise had, so it is very welcome and I am sure will quickly be put to work by Cornwall Council and Cormac to fill those potholes and other road maintenance issues that can make daily commutes miserable.”
“I will continue to do all I can to ensure Truro and Falmouth continues to benefit from Government investment in our transport infrastructure, whether through the Mid Cornwall Metro project for our rail services, the extension of the capped bus fare scheme, or the A30 dualling which is nearing completion.”