Pothole repair money will not slip through the cracks, council says

A backlog of road repairs caused by harsh winter weather will be cleared, the leader of Lancashire County Council has promised.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Jul 2018, 11:27 GMT
Updated 20th Jul 2018, 14:47 GMT
Lancashire County Council's underspent its budget for road repairs in 2017/18.Lancashire County Council's underspent its budget for road repairs in 2017/18.
Lancashire County Council's underspent its budget for road repairs in 2017/18.

Geoff Driver told a meeting of the full council: “The money is there and it will be done.”

He was responding to a question by Liberal Democrat group leader David Whipp, who criticised figures which showed the authority had underspent its capital budget for highways by £8.3m during 2017/18.

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