Kent and Medway councils to receive funds to repair potholes.

Kent County Council and Medway Council to receive funds to repair potholes following the recent bad weather.

The Government is to give Kent and Medway councils money to repair potholes that litter the roads  in the county.

Medway Council is to receive £280,565 while Kent County Council is to get £3,058,239.

It comes after the transport secretary Chris Grayling announced that an extra £100m is being shared among councils in England to fund repairs to roads damaged by recent storms.

Last year the Kent County Council spent £5.2 million patching over 66,800m2 and filling an equivalent 133,600 individual potholes on a road network of over 5,000 miles.

As Kent has one of the largest road networks in the country, the fund will definitely come in handy, as they are currently facing a backlog of pothole repairs.

For more information on Kent County Council see their website: http://www.kent.gov.uk/

And for the Medway Council: http://www.medway.gov.uk/

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