The Prime Minister’s Network North announcement on 4 October 2023 included a commitment to an additional £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance from 2023/24 -2033/34.
At the end of November 2023 Devon County Council received an additional £6,663,000 of funding to be allocated within the 2023/24 financial year from the Road Resurfacing Fund for local highways maintenance, particularly for the resurfacing of carriageways, cycleways, and footways to prevent potholes and other road defects from occurring.
Of the additional funding, approximately £1.5 million was allocated to the funding of extra serviceability patching gangs to prepare the network in advance of the more extreme winter period. The aim to build resilience and arrest the traditional spike in the creation of potholes during this period.
The remainder of the funding was allocated to surfacing and larger patching schemes which will provide targeted resilience across the network:
The following table provides an update on progress:
Scheme Name | Parish | Length (metres) | Program Date |
P117 – Baddaford Cross | Ashburton | 1,074 | Delivered |
C10 – Church House Inn | Marldon | 289 | Delivered |
Z3514 – Kerse Lane | Thurlestone | 1,308 | Delivered |
C344 – Kiln Road | Marldon | 485 | Delivered |
P1107 – Lower Weekaborough | Combe Fishacre | 446 | Delivered |
P128 – Parkfield Cross | Ashburton | 1,371 | February 2024 |
Z2820 – Stoke Cross to Revelstoke Park House | Newton and Noss | 244 | Delivered |
Z3717 – Wallingford Rd | Kingsbridge | 170 | Delivered |
P1128 – Weirfield Road | Totnes | 354 | March 2024 |
Z5050 – Westover Lane | Ivybridge | 148 | Delivered |
C11 – Preston Down Road | Marldon | 247 | March 2024 |
P1405 – East Leigh Cross | South Brent | 1,278 | Delivered |
L5119 – Brunel Road | Newton Abbot | 513 | March 2024 |
C764 – Main Road | Exminster | 1,653 | Delivered |
W4724 – Matford Mews | Exminster | 212 | Delivered |
C198 – Shaldon Road | Newton Abbot | 1,006 | Delivered |
B3193 – Gestridge Cross | Kingsteignton | 807 | April 2024 |
C467 – Exeter St | North Tawton | 597 | March 2024 |
C575 – Jacobstowe to Abbeford Woods | Jacobstowe | 3,369 | March 2024 |
B3357 – Merrivale | Whitchurch | 516 | Delivered |
Y1503 – Pixon Lane | Tavistock | 1,391 | March 2024 |
U404 – Winkleigh Airfield | Winkleigh | 1,352 | February 2024 |
C357 – Grantland Hill - | Poughill | 2,114 | March 2024 |
S2304 – Westland Lane | Cruwys Morchard | 1,087 | March 2024 |
C238 – Warbrightsleigh Hill | Stoodleigh | 150 | March 2024 |
W204 – Pitt Lane | Cadbury | 360 | Delivered |
S2605 – UNNAMED | Cruwys Morchard | 100 | March 2024 |
S1711 – Aldridge Mill Hill - | Stoodleigh | 100 | March 2024 |
C135 – Bickleigh Road - | Cadeleigh | 90 | March 2024 |
R6404 – Meethe Hill King’s Nympton | King’s Nympton | 250 | April 2024 |
C686 – UNKNOWN | Rose Ash | 100 | April 2024 |
R6407 – UNNAMED | King’s Nympton | 100 | April 2024 |
R8404 – Mare Hill | Morchard Bishop | 100 | April 2024 |
R6403 – UNNAMED - | King’s Nympton | 100 | April 2024 |
W4559 Premier Place, Exeter | Exeter | 84 | March 2024 |
L425 – UNNAMED - | Woodbury | 280 | March 2024 |
W5741 Pulling Road & W5743 Puckridge | Exeter | 99 | April 2024 |
W4802 Streatham Drive, Exeter | Exeter | 404 | April 2024 |
W4603 – Lyndhurst Road, Exeter | Exeter | 380 | April 2024 |
W4604 – Victoria Park Road – Exeter | Exeter | 499 | April 2024 |
W5328 Fortescue Road, Exeter | Exeter | 132 | April 2024 |
W4801 Carlyon Gardens, Exeter | Exeter | 422 | April 2024 |
C595 Douglas Avenue, | Exmouth | 1,703 | May 2024 |
W5341 Welcome Street, Exeter | Exeter | 80 | April 2024 |
W3804 Blackall Road, Exeter | Exeter | 377 | April 2024 |
W4574 Lower Summerlands, Exeter | Exeter | 83 | April 2024 |
X1403 – Lodge Lane - | Axminster | 200 | Delivered |
S3702 – Boobery - | Sampford Peverell | 682 | February 2024 |
L625 – Winkleigh Lane - | Colaton Raleigh | 150 | March 2024 |
C306 – Quarter Mile Lane - | Rockbeare | 362 | Delivered |
X313 – UNNAMED - | Upottery | 200 | March 2024 |
C129 – Station Road - | Feniton | 568 | Delivered |
X610 – Hayne Lane - | Widworthy | 2,245 | April 2024 |
S2013 – Beer Lane - | Burlescombe | 150 | Delivered |
B3181 – Cullompton Road (Budlake) - | Broad Clyst | 3,435 | TBC |
C28 – UNNAMED - (Seven Mile Straight) | Stockland | 7,853 | TBC |
C260 – UNKNOWN – Uffculme to C107 – Ashley Road | Uffculme | 1,350 | May 2024 |
C100 – Axe Farm | All Saints | 200 | May 2024 |
C302 – UNKNOWN - | Dalwood | 336 | May 2024 |
S2011 – UNNAMED - | Culmstock | 428 | April 2024 |
X307 – UNNAMED - | Yarcombe | 200 | April 2024 |
X1006 – UNNAMED - | Widworthy | 100 | April 2024 |
C216 – UNNAMED - | Nether Exe | 1,456 | April 2024 |
X710 – To Yarty farm - | Membury | 250 | May 2024 |
X2240 – Valley View - | Seaton | 481 | May 2024 |
X703 – UNNAMED - | Membury | 100 | May 2024 |