More than £3 million is to be invested to repair potholes across Devon.

Over 250 road repair schemes will be carried out in the region using £3.192m of funding from the government's Pothole Action Fund. Most of the work will be patching, but resurfacing work will also be carried out.

The funding is in addition to a total of £44,325,000 allocated from the government to the County Council for highway maintenance in 2017/18. As well as road repairs, this funding will go towards maintenance of pavements, street lighting, traffic signals, bridges, drainage systems, safety barriers and public rights of way, among other work.

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Features of the pothole programme includes;

• more than £250,000 allocated for roads in Exeter

• over £210,000 in the Torrington area

• around £182,000 in the Holsworthy area

• more than £180,000 for the divisions covering the Bideford area

• over £146,000 for Axminster

• more than £132,000 in the South Molton area

• over £130,000 in Newton St Cyres

• around £83,000 in the Broadclyst and Whimple area

• more than £62,000 in the South Brent and Dartington area

• over £51,000 in the Cullompton area and;

• more than £51,000 in the Exminster and Kenton division

Cllr Stuart Hughes said: "This investment of more than £3 million is being spent on roads that need it the most and are local priorities, and we're making sure that the money goes as far as possible.

"With the biggest road network of any local authority in the country it's impossible to repair every road in Devon that needs attention but we're making the best use of the money we've been given by government."

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