Mayor pledges £60m for pothole repairs

A council has pledged to spend £60m on road maintenance as part of its "largest ever" investment in repairs.

The sum will be spent in Doncaster over the next four years, and will include work to fill in potholes.

Mayor Ros Jones, who leads the council, said the investment was equal to £15m-per-year, three times the £5m the council spent annually before.

The mayor requires the backing of Reform UK for her budget to be implemented, as the party holds a significant majority on the council.

Jones said: "This government has pledged additional funding for potholes and highways maintenance through to 2032, which is of course welcome and much needed."

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Doncaster is the largest metropolitan borough in the country, with a road network of more than 1,000 miles (1,609km).

A spokesperson for the mayor said the size of the borough was indicative of the challenge the council faced in highways maintenance.

Jones did not provide specifics on the funding for the investment, including whether money was being redirected from other council spending priorities.

She said full details of her budget proposals would be published on 3 February.

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