The transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin today unveils the winners of the competition for £275m funding for major local roads maintenance.
The challenge fund goes to 28 councils with 31 schemes to replace street lanterns and columns or undertake structural repairs to carriageways and bridges. The biggest single award of £39.9m goes to the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority to renew 211 miles of the conurbation's classified network "to reduce business costs and support regeneration".
Other large awards are:
McLoughlin said: "Good quality local roads are essential for people to get on with their daily business and today's announcement will provide extra capacity where it is needed most."
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