Telford and Wrekin is set to receive a cash injection of £36.1 million to improve the borough's roads.

As part of a record £7.3 billion Government funding package for local authorities announced on Friday, Telford & Wrekin Council has been allocated £26.3m in baseline funding and a further incentive-based £9.8m.

A larger proportion of funding - more than £500 million each year - will now only be unlocked by councils that publish pothole data on their website, a move the Government says will help ensure local authorities remain accountable. The Government had already introduced incentive funding, but the latest announcement more than triples the share of the £7.3bn that will be tied to transparency from 8 per cent to 30 per cent - worth more than £500m in total.

Telford & Wrekin Counci

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