I’m just getting in touch to request answers to the following questions through the Freedom of Information Act.
These questions should be directed to the council and potentially the Highway Authority department.
1) Please provide (a) the budget allocated for roads in general (including repairs, resurfacing and traffic lights and (b) the budget allocated specifically for pothole and road repairs for each of the following financial years: 2018/2019; 2019/2020; 2020/2021; 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.
2) For each of these annual budgets, please provide a figure for how much of the sum was funded by the council and how much is provided by central government funding.
3) For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much was spent on pothole and road repairs.
4) For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much was spent on road resurfacing.
5) For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much was spent on non-road related spending and a brief summary of what this was – ie care.
For each of these annual budgets for both (a) roads in general and (b) potholes and similar road repairs, please provide a figure for how much money is or was left over by the end of the financial year