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£117,000 grant to Torbay Council to mend potholes and improve road surfaces (28 March 2017)
Date: 28/03/2017
Torbay Council has been awarded £117,000 to fund the repair of potholes and treat roads to prevent potholes and improve road surfaces and road safety.
The funding is for the 2017-2018 financial year, said the council and it follows £71,000 of government funding in 2016-2017, which was invested in various preventative and repair measures across Torbay, including minor road resurfacing and larger scale patching works to strategic routes, to support routine and major maintenance programmes.
The Executive Lead for Planning, Transport and Housing, Councillor Mark King, said:
“I would strongly encourage local residents to report any potholes through our online reporting system – although we carry out regular inspections of our highway network, this information will assist us to identify any defects that may need urgent attention.
“We welcome this government funding – but it’s important to stress that it won’t enable us to carry out all of the preventative and repair work that needs doing. We have a backlog of roads than need work and we would need around £20m to bring them all up to a good standard.”
The council said that works are prioritised in accordance with the local authority’s Asset Management Plan, to ensure the funding that the council receives is used in the most economically effective way.
As part of this, not all reported potholes will be repaired – only defects that reach the intervention level are fixed and any defects below these levels are recorded and monitored.
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors can advise those who suffer injury in road traffic accidents (RTAs) caused by the negligence of another road user or poor road surfaces on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation.
RTA claims have to be made within three years of injury – children can claim compensation for injuries sustained in a road traffic accident up to the age of 21.
Low-value claims are fast-tracked through the Ministry of Justice’s RTA Claims Portal.
Duncan Lewis also offers supportive legal advice to bereaved families whose loved one has lost their life in a road traffic accident caused by negligence and who wish to claim compensation.
Duncan Lewis is a specialist in high-value personal injury and road traffic accident claims involving catastrophic or life changing injuries – we press for maximum compensation for victims of road traffic injuries and can also advise on access to welfare benefits, rehabilitation and adaptations to the home, where necessary.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Road Traffic Accident Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 0333 772 0409.