More than £8m allocated to improve city's roads

More than £8m is to be spent on improving roads in Brighton and Hove during the next 12 months, a council has said.

Councillors will be asked to approve a Local Transport Plan allocating central funding for roads, pavements and other transport infrastructure as well as a planned maintenance programme in the city.

Brighton & Hove City Council plans to spend £4m of that sum on roads, £3m on safety and accessibility and £600,000 on pavements.

Trevor Muten, cabinet member for transport, said: "Tackling potholes and improving our roads is a key priority for this council."

The council said £2.1m of reactive maintenance funding will "look to address the most serious potholes first, while also taking a longer-term approach to help to prevent potholes forming in the first place".

Councillor Muten added: "We've had many years of underinvestment, which has led to a huge backlog in repairs and maintenance.

"The condition of our road surfaces is unacceptable, but this plan will see us prioritise the areas most in need of improvement over the next 12 months."

Brighton & Hove has over 390 miles (627km) of roads and cycle lanes and 750 miles (1,207km) of pavement.

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