The recent Budget announced a new £2.5 billion fund to fix 50 million potholes by the end of 2024. This is good news for drivers across Elmbridge – and Surrey as a whole – who I know are regularly inconvenienced by potholes.
This was demonstrated earlier this year when research showed that, of 70 local authorities sent Freedom of Information requests, Surrey County Council received the highest number of compensation claims (3,533) for damage caused by potholes between 1 January 2018 and 17 October 2019.
Given this, it is very important that Surrey and Elmbridge receive our fair share of the funding. As the constituency MP for Esher and Walton, I have written to Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport, to ask for more detail on the funding allocations.
You can read my letter here.