SWINDON is set to receive a £1.24m slice of the £420m announced in the autumn budget to spend on repairing potholes.

Neighbouring Wiltshire has been allocated £7.35m as part of the £71.9m to be shared among authorities in the south west.

The Department for Transport has revealed how the £420 million announced in the budget will be spent, and it brings the total funds for south west roads for this year to over £238 million.

Next year the region will receive £161 million from the Local Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport Block funds, which will go towards repairing roads and investing in small safety, bus priority or walking and cycling schemes.

Roads Minister Jesse Norman said: “Potholes are a huge problem for all road users, and too often we see issues occurring at the same place time after time.

“That is why the Government is investing more in improving our roads than at any time before - £15 billion between 2015 and 2020 and a further £28.8 billion to 2025. Plus an immediate extra £420 million for potholes and local road maintenance just this year.

“The south west will be getting an extra £71 million this winter to keep its roads in good condition to keep drivers and cyclists safe.”