Highest and lowest council spend on road maintenance as Leeds tops list at £20million

The Freedom of Information requests were sent to 47 local councils, as well as 33 London Boroughs, requesting information on the amount of money spent on road issues including potholes, traffic lights, road resurfacing and highway maintenance for the most recent full 12-month financial period, covering April 2020 to April 2021.

Car Leasing Special Offers also requested how much each council had budgeted for road issues in the following financial year (2021/22). However, not all of the councils replied fully to the FOI request.

In London boroughs the biggest overall spend came from Enfield, who handed over £15,192,283 on improving their roads, followed by Redbridge at £9,594,000.

The lowest total spend came from Kensington and Chelsea at £2,409,054, while Croydon was also under the £3million mark, spending £2,980,327.

source: express.co.uk


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