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Local highways maintenance: additional funding from 2023 to 2034

Updated 20 December 2024

Applies to England

December 2024 update

This page now sets out funding allocations for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 only. The Network North plan was an initiative of the previous government.

Funding allocations beyond 2025 to 2026 are a matter for the Spending Review in 2025.

See Highways maintenance block: formula allocations 2025 to 2026 for more information.

On 4 October 2023, the government announced £8.3 billion of additional highways maintenance funding over the period 2023 to 2024 and the next 10 years for local road resurfacing and wider maintenance activity on the local highway network. This consists of:  

• £3.3 billion for local authorities (LAs) in the North West, North East, and Yorkshire and the Humber  
• £2.2 billion for LAs in the West Midlands and East Midlands   
• £2.8 billion for LAs in the East of England, South East, South West and London  

This funding is in addition to local transport funding from the last Spending Review and in addition to what LAs were expecting in future. Allocated across the next 11 years, it will represent an increase of around two-thirds in Department for Transport (DfT) support for local roads. Fifteen per cent of the funds will be allocated at a later date with the details to be confirmed in due course.

The table below provides confirmed funding levels for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025, and the indicative minimum additional funding allocations between 2023 to 2024 and 2033 to 2034 inclusive. This new money is additional to the existing Highways Maintenance Block (HMB) and Pothole Fund.

Additional funding has been allocated based on the existing HMB formula, which is based on the road length and the number of bridges and street lighting columns that each authority is responsible for maintaining. As London does not currently receive HMB, its funding has been allocated based on road length.  

The year-by-year profile beyond 2024 to 2025 has not yet been finalised, but the funding is expected to increase over time.

DfT may also look to introduce an enhanced incentive element from 2025 to 2026 onwards to ensure that best practice in sustainable highways asset management is adhered to. All funding is capital.

Table 1: regional allocations

Region	2023-24 additional funding (£000)	2024-25 additional funding (£000)	Minimum additional overall uplift between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000)	Remaining funding to be allocated at a later date (£000)	Total allocations (£000)
North	42,000	42,000	2,805,000	495,000	3,300,000
Midlands	32,000	32,000	1,870,000	330,000	2,200,000
Rest of England	76,000	76,000	2,380,000	420,000	2,800,000
England total	150,000	150,000	7,055,000	1,245,000	8,300,000

Table 2: local authority allocations outside London

Local authority	Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000)	2023-24 – additional funding (£000)	2024-25 – additional funding (£000)	Minimum additional overall uplift between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000)
Bedford	3,728	470	470	14,725
Blackburn with Darwen	2,408	306	306	20,438
Blackpool	1,501	191	191	12,727
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	4,786	604	604	18,903
Bracknell Forest	2,124	268	268	8,391
Brighton and Hove	3,274	413	413	12,935
Buckinghamshire	13,111	1,654	1,654	51,785
Central Bedfordshire	5,564	702	702	21,983
Cheshire East	13,048	1,658	1,658	110,731
Cheshire West and Chester	9,929	1,262	1,262	84,257
Cornwall	28,325	3,573	3,573	111,883
County Durham[footnote 1]	14,841	1,886	1,886	125,951
Cumberland[footnote 2]	15,339	1,949	1,949	130,180
Derby[footnote 3]	2,765	352	352	20,545
Derbyshire[footnote 3]	23,699	3,014	3,014	176,114
Devon	52,823	6,663	6,663	208,657
Dorset	16,391	2,068	2,068	64,749
East Riding of Yorkshire	13,793	1,753	1,753	117,059
East Sussex	13,275	1,674	1,674	52,432
Essex	30,685	3,870	3,870	121,205
Gateshead[footnote 1]	3,420	435	435	29,028
Gloucestershire	22,266	2,809	2,809	87,955
Hampshire	33,493	4,225	4,225	132,297
Herefordshire, County of	14,389	1,830	1,830	106,918
Hertfordshire	22,230	2,804	2,804	87,813
Isle of Wight	None – private financial initiative (PFI)	None – PFI	None – PFI	None – PFI
Isles of Scilly	None – separate funding arrangement	None – separate funding arrangement	None – separate funding arrangement	None – separate funding arrangement
Kent	34,058	4,296	4,296	134,531
Kingston upon Hull, City of	2,810	357	357	23,855
Lancashire	28,811	3,661	3,661	244,511
Leicester	3,262	415	415	24,241
Leicestershire	17,755	2,258	2,258	131,939
Lincolnshire	38,723	4,924	4,924	287,750
Luton	1,708	215	215	6,746
Medway	3,177	401	401	12,552
Milton Keynes	6,397	807	807	25,263
Newcastle upon Tyne[footnote 1]	3,389	431	431	28,758
Norfolk	35,757	4,510	4,510	141,240
North East Lincolnshire	2,491	317	317	21,145
North Lincolnshire	5,744	730	730	48,754
North Northamptonshire	8,404	1,069	1,069	62,450
North Somerset	5,011	632	632	19,789
North Tyneside[footnote 1]	2,819	358	358	23,922
North Yorkshire[footnote 4]	37,021	4,704	4,704	314,185
Northumberland[footnote 1]	21,780	2,768	2,768	184,836
Nottingham[footnote 3]	2,765	352	352	20,554
Nottinghamshire[footnote 3]	18,630	2,369	2,369	138,443
Oxfordshire	20,846	2,629	2,629	82,340
Plymouth	2,903	366	366	11,469
Portsmouth	1,786	225	225	7,054
Reading	1,838	232	232	7,262
Rutland	2,381	303	303	17,696
Shropshire	20,599	2,619	2,619	153,072
Slough	1,129	142	142	4,457
Somerset	28,111	3,546	3,546	111,039
South Tyneside[footnote 1]	1,933	246	246	16,408
Southampton	2,128	268	268	8,406
Southend-on-Sea	1,739	219	219	6,868
Staffordshire	25,067	3,188	3,188	186,273
Stoke-on-Trent	2,972	378	378	22,087
Suffolk	27,238	3,436	3,436	107,590
Sunderland[footnote 1]	4,129	525	525	35,035
Surrey	20,869	2,632	2,632	82,436
Swindon	3,496	441	441	13,807
Telford and Wrekin	4,311	548	548	32,035
Thurrock	2,489	314	314	9,832
Torbay	1,820	230	230	7,193
Warrington	3,989	507	507	33,858
Warwickshire	16,171	2,056	2,056	120,168
West Berkshire	5,387	679	679	21,279
West Northamptonshire	10,669	1,357	1,357	79,281
West Sussex	17,136	2,161	2,161	67,684
Westmorland and Furness[footnote 2]	18,474	2,347	2,347	156,777
Wiltshire	20,727	2,614	2,614	81,869
Windsor and Maidenhead	2,720	343	343	10,741
Wokingham	3,314	418	418	13,095
Worcestershire	18,738	2,383	2,383	139,243
York, City of [footnote 4]	2,835	360	360	24,055
Total	945,663	127,249	127,249	5,731,338

Table 3: combined local authority allocations

Combined authority (CA)	Current baseline allocation per year (HMB + Pothole Fund) (£000)	2023-24 – additional funding (£000)	2024-25 – additional funding (£000)	Minimum additional uplift from 2023-24 to 2033-34 (£000)
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA	23,062	2,909	2,909	91,095
Greater Manchester CA	City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS)	4,438	4,438	296,466
Liverpool City Region CA	CRSTS	2,684	2,684	179,225
South Yorkshire MCA	CRSTS	1,994	1,994	133,175
Tees Valley CA	CRSTS	1,499	1,499	100,104
West Midlands CA	CRSTS	2,586	2,586	151,192
West of England CA	CRSTS	2,007	2,007	62,847
West Yorkshire CA	CRSTS	4,633	4,633	309,559
CA total	Most receive funding via CRSTS	22,750	22,750	1,323,663

Table 4: London borough, City of London and Transport for London (TfL) allocations

Local authority	2023-24 – additional funding (£000)	2024-25 – additional funding (£000)	Minimum additional funding between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000)
Barking and Dagenham	171	171	5,357
Barnet	368	368	11,538
Bexley	275	275	8,620
Brent	233	233	7,306
Bromley	455	455	14,240
Camden	137	137	4,275
City of London	21	21	672
Croydon	382	382	11,951
Ealing	291	291	9,099
Enfield	310	310	9,694
Greenwich	250	250	7,827
Hackney	128	128	4,020
Hammersmith and Fulham	109	109	3,427
Haringey	176	176	5,501
Harrow	241	241	7,534
Havering	333	333	10,416
Hillingdon	354	354	11,088
Hounslow	233	233	7,291
Islington	113	113	3,547
Kensington and Chelsea	101	101	3,156
Kingston upon Thames	167	167	5,227
Lambeth	180	180	5,634
Lewisham	211	211	6,599
Merton	186	186	5,831
Newham	213	213	6,663
Redbridge	262	262	8,214
Richmond upon Thames	204	204	6,389
Southwark	189	189	5,915
Sutton	230	230	7,213
Tower Hamlets	137	137	4,304
Transport for London	297	297	9,308
Waltham Forest	211	211	6,600
Wandsworth	202	202	6,311
Westminster	161	161	5,038
London total	7,531	7,531	235,805

All funding for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 has been allocated. Indicative minimum allocations for the whole 11-year period only include 85% of total available funding at this stage. Fifteen per cent of funding has not been allocated to allow final allocations to reflect:

• the ending of local highways PFIs within the 11-year funding period
• future updates to the funding formula data and approach
• a possible future incentivisation element to encourage innovation and best practice

Funding profiles beyond 2024 to 2025 and further allocations for the remaining 15% of funding (£495 million in the North, £330 million in the Midlands and £420 million elsewhere) will be confirmed in due course.  

Funding for places that receive CRSTS funding will be included within total CRSTS allocations, once finalised, and are additional to both existing CRSTS1 funding and the indicative further CRSTS allocations announced on 4 October 2023. 

Funding is allocated to the current local highways authority for each area. Where further mayoral combined authorities are established, funding will instead be paid to the new combined authority.

In combined authority areas, funding will be paid to the combined authority instead of the LAs.  

Funding for London has been divided between TfL, City of London and the 32 boroughs.

Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.

1. Funding for highways maintenance in North of Tyne and the North East combined authorities is currently allocated to the 7 individual authorities in these areas. As a result, the additional funding has been allocated to those authorities. Following the establishment of the new North East Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.  ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness authorities came into existence on 1 April 2023, replacing Cumbria County Council. As such their current allocations (and the subsequent uplifts) have been estimated based on available data, to determine how the funding formerly allocated to Cumbria County Council is divided between them.  ↩ ↩²

3. Funding for highways maintenance in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Nottinghamshire unitary authorities is currently allocated to those individual authorities. As a result, the additional funding has been allocated to those authorities. Following the establishment of the new East Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.  ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. Funding for highways maintenance in York and North Yorkshire unitary authorities is currently allocated to those individual authorities. As a result, the additional funding has been allocated to those authorities. Following the establishment of the new York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.  ↩ ↩²