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Highways maintenance and ITB funding formula allocations, 2022 to 2025 (3 years)

Updated 23 January 2025

Applies to England

Funding allocations summary

The Spending Review, published in October 2021, committed over £2.7 billion of local highways maintenance funding between tax years 2022 and 2025 to local authorities outside of London and the 8 largest city regions.

This includes the remainder of the pothole funding package announced at Budget 2020 to help resurface the highway, including the fixing of potholes.

The Highways Maintenance Block (HMB) needs element,Ā HMBĀ incentive element and the Integrated Transport Block (ITB) allocations are calculated based on existing sector-agreed formulae.

Individual allocations have been rolled over from 2021 to 2022 to ensure funding consistency. The potholes funding package is also allocated using the same formula as the HMB formula. Figures are then rounded to the nearest £1,000.

It is important to understand that figures at this stage are subject to results from the existing highways maintenance incentive element self-assessment carried out by local highways authorities on an annual basis. This is in addition to wider incentivisation measures to be consulted on with local highways authorities in due course.

Highways maintenance and investment policy

The Department for Transport (DfT) is committed to allocating this funding to local highways authorities so they can most effectively spend this funding on maintaining and improving their respective network, based upon their local knowledge, circumstances and priorities.

DfT strongly advocates a risk-based whole lifecycle asset management approach to local authority highways maintenance programmes. This considers all parts of the highway network, such as bridges, cycleways and lighting columns 바카라 사이트“ and not just the fixing of potholes.

It is up to the respective highway authority how best to spend this funding to fulfil their statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980.

Further information and best practice on the is available from the UK Road Liaison Group.

City region sustainable transport settlements

Seven mayoral combined authorities (MCAs), will receive City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) for 5 years from the 2022 to 2023 tax year.

The CRSTS consolidate funds equivalent to HMB (element and incentive), potholes funding and ITB, so are not included in the tables.

The North East Combined Authority (NECA) will be eligible for the CRSTS once appropriate governance is in place. For 2022 to 2023, NECA has been awarded a one-year settlement which will be considered when it becomes eligible for the CRSTS.

As in 2021 to 2022, funding equivalent to its ITB is allocated to the NECA, while funding equivalent to its HMB and potholes fund is allocated to the 7 constituent local authorities. Affected local authorities are marked with an asterisk 바카라 사이트˜*바카라 사이트™.

Regions and authorities that do not receive these funding streams

London Boroughs and Transport for London (TfL) do not receive these funding streams for the maintenance of their local highways.

The Isles of Scilly also do not receive annual funding.

The Isle of Wight receives a private finance initiative (PFI) and so does not receive highways maintenance or pothole funding.

Birmingham and Sheffield also receive a PFI, which means the CRSTS settlements for West Midlands Combined Authority and South Yorkshire Combined Authority do not reflect funding for Birmingham and Sheffield highways maintenance.

Cornwall Unitary Authority (UA) is within the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities바카라 사이트™ Business Rates Retention pilot (as are the Greater Manchester and West of England combined authorities). It instead retains a proportion equal to what it would normally receive, so its funding forĀ HMBĀ andĀ ITBĀ is indicative only.

Total funding amounts per year

Potholes funding 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) HMB needs element 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) HMB incentive element 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) ITB 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) Total (Ā£)
England (overall) 500,000,000 500,000,000 125,000,000 260,000,000 1,385,000,000
England (outside of CRSTS) 407,297,000 407,297,000 101,823,000 170,035,000 1,086,452,000
CRSTS (equivalent levels)* 92,703,000 92,703,000 23,177,000 89,965,000 298,548,000

Mayoral combined authority amounts per year

Combined authority Pothole funding 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) funding per year HMB needs element 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) HMB incentive element 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) ITB 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) Total (Ā£)
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA 10,250,000 10,250,000 2,562,000 4,633,000 27,695,000
Greater Manchester CA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Liverpool City Region CA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
North East CA* Funding allocated to local authority* Funding allocated to local authority* Funding allocated to local authority* 14,057,000* 14,057,000*
Sheffield City Region CA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Tees Valley CA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
West Midlands ITA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
West of England CA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
West Yorkshire CA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS

Local highway authority amounts per year

Local authority Pothole funding 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) HMB needs element 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) HMB incentive element 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) ITB 2022 to 2025 (Ā£) Total (Ā£)
Barnsley CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Bath and North East Somerset UA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Bedford UA 1,657,000 1,657,000 414,000 1,162,000 4,890,000
Birmingham Highways maintenance PFI Highways maintenance PFI Highways maintenance PFI CRSTS CRSTS
Blackburn with Darwen UA 1,070,000 1,070,000 268,000 1,435,000 3,844,000
Blackpool UA 667,000 667,000 167,000 1,733,000 Ā 3,233,000
Bolton CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Ā  Poole UA 2,127,000 Ā 2,127,000Ā  Ā 532,000 3,102,000 7,888,000
Bracknell Forest UA 944,000 Ā 944,000 Ā 236,000 Ā 726,000 Ā 2,850,000
Bradford Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Brighton and Hove UA 1,455,000 1,455,000 Ā 364,000 3,083,000 6,358,000
Bristol, City of UA Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS
Buckinghamshire 5,827,000 5,827,000 1,457,000 Ā 2,275,000 Ā 15,385,000
Bury CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Calderdale CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Cambridgeshire Funding allocated to combined authority Funding allocated to combined authority Funding allocated to combined authority Funding allocated to combined authority Funding allocated to combined authority
Central Bedfordshire UA Ā  Ā  2,473,000 Ā  Ā 2,473,000 Ā 618,000 Ā 1,376,000 6,941,000
Cheshire East UA Ā 5,799,000 5,799,000 Ā 1,450,000 Ā 2,003,000 Ā 15,051,000
Cheshire West and Chester UAĀ  Ā 4,413,000 Ā 4,413,000Ā  Ā 1,103,000Ā  Ā 1,970,000 11,898,000
Cornwall UA 12,589,000 Ā 12,589,000 Ā 3,147,000 4,137,000 Ā 32,461,000
County Durham UA*Ā  Ā 6,596,000 6,596,000 Ā 1,649,000Ā  Ā Funding allocated to combined authorityĀ  Ā 14,841,000
Coventry CRSTS Ā CRSTS CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  CRSTS Ā  Ā  Ā 
Cumbria 15,028,000 15,028,000 3,757,000 2,566,000 36,379,000
Darlington UAĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Derby UA Ā 1,229,000 1,229,000 Ā 307,000 Ā 1,825,000 4,589,000
Derbyshire Ā 10,533,000Ā  Ā 10,533,000 Ā 2,633,000Ā  Ā 3,672,000Ā  Ā 27,372,000Ā 
Devon 23,477,000 23,477,000 5,869,000 3,628,000 56,453,000
Doncaster CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Dorset Ā 7,285,000 Ā 7,285,000Ā  Ā 1,821,000 Ā 1,986,000 Ā 18,378,000
Dudley Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
East Riding of Yorkshire UA Ā 6,130,000 Ā 6,130,000 Ā 1,533,000 Ā 1,653,000Ā  Ā 15,446,000
East Sussex Ā 5,900,000Ā  Ā 5,900,000Ā  Ā 1,475,000 Ā 2,941,000 Ā 16,215,000
Essex Ā 13,638,000 Ā 13,638,000 Ā 3,409,000Ā  Ā 6,324,000 Ā 37,008,000
Gateshead* Ā 1,520,000Ā  1,520,000Ā  Ā 380,000 Ā Funding allocated to combined authority 3,420,000Ā 
Gloucestershire Ā 9,896,000 9,896,000 Ā 2,474,000 Ā 2,884,000 Ā 25,151,000
Halton UA Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS CRSTS
Hampshire Ā 14,886,000 Ā 14,886,000 Ā 3,721,000Ā  Ā 5,338,000 Ā 38,830,000
Hartlepool UA Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS
Herefordshire, County of UA Ā 6,395,000 Ā 6,395,000 Ā 1,599,000 Ā 1,077,000Ā  Ā 15,465,000
Hertfordshire 9,880,000 9,880,000 Ā 2,470,000 Ā 4,604,000 Ā 26,835,000
Isle of Wight UA Ā Highways maintenance PFI Ā Highways maintenance PFI Highways maintenance PFI Ā 1,429,000 Ā 1,429,000
Isles of Scilly UA* 0 0Ā  0 Ā 0 Ā 0
Kent Ā 15,137,000 Ā 15,137,000 3,784,000 Ā 6,914,000 Ā 40,972,000
Kingston upon Hull, City of UA Ā 1,249,000 Ā 1,249,000 312,000 Ā 2,247,000 Ā 5,058,000
Kirklees CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Knowsley Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS
Lancashire Ā 12,805,000 12,805,000 Ā 3,201,000 Ā 6,101,000 34,912,000
Leeds Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS
Leicester UA Ā 1,450,000 Ā 1,450,000Ā  Ā 362,000 Ā 2,576,000 Ā 5,838,000
Leicestershire Ā 7,891,000Ā  Ā 7,891,000 Ā 1,973,000 Ā 2,750,000 Ā 20,505,000
Lincolnshire Ā 17,210,000 Ā 17,210,000 Ā 4,303,000 Ā 3,337,000 Ā 42,060,000
Liverpool CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ 
Luton UA Ā 759,000 Ā 759,000 190,000 Ā 1,469,000 Ā 3,177,000Ā 
Manchester Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS
Medway UA 1,412,000Ā  Ā 1,412,000Ā  Ā 353,000Ā  Ā 1,602,000Ā  Ā 4,779,000Ā 
Middlesbrough UA Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ 
Milton Keynes UA Ā 2,843,000 Ā 2,843,000 Ā 711,000Ā  Ā 1,539,000 Ā 7,935,000
Newcastle upon Tyne* Ā 1,506,000Ā  Ā 1,506,000Ā  Ā 377,000 Ā Funding allocated to combined authority 3,389,000Ā 
NorfolkĀ  15,892,000 Ā 15,892,000 Ā 3,973,000Ā  Ā 4,173,000 Ā 39,930,000
North East Lincolnshire UA Ā 1,107,000 Ā 1,107,000 Ā 277,000 Ā 1,490,000Ā  Ā 3,982,000Ā 
North Lincolnshire UA Ā 2,553,000 Ā 2,553,000Ā  Ā 638,000Ā  Ā 1,168,000 Ā 6,913,000
North Northamptonshire Ā 3,735,000 3,735,000 934,000 Ā 1,551,000 Ā 9,955,000Ā 
North Somerset UA Ā 2,227,000Ā  Ā 2,227,000Ā  Ā 557,000 980,000 Ā 5,990,000
North Tyneside*Ā  Ā 1,253,000 Ā 1,253,000Ā  Ā 313,000 Ā Funding allocated to combined authorityĀ  2,819,000Ā 
North Yorkshire Ā 16,454,000 Ā 16,454,000 Ā 4,113,000 Ā 3,046,000 Ā 40,068,000
Northumberland UA* 9,680,000 9,680,000Ā  Ā 2,420,000 Ā Funding allocated to combined authority Ā 21,780,000
Nottingham UA Ā 1,229,000 Ā 1,229,000 Ā 307,000 Ā 3,416,000 Ā 6,182,000
NottinghamshireĀ  Ā 8,280,000Ā  Ā 8,280,000 Ā 2,070,000 Ā 3,947,000 Ā 22,577,000
Oldham Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  CRSTSĀ 
Oxfordshire Ā 9,265,000Ā  Ā 9,265,000 2,316,000Ā  Ā 3,717,000 Ā 24,562,000
Peterborough UAĀ  Funding allocated to combined authority Funding allocated to combined authority Ā Funding allocated to combined authorityĀ  Ā Funding allocated to combined authority Ā Funding allocated to combined authority
Plymouth UAĀ  Ā 1,290,000 Ā 1,290,000 Ā 323,000 Ā 1,959,000Ā  Ā 4,862,000Ā 
Portsmouth UA Ā 794,000Ā  Ā 794,000Ā  Ā 198,000Ā  Ā 1,865,000 Ā 3,651,000Ā 
Reading UA Ā 817,000 Ā 817,000 Ā 204,000 Ā 1,592,000 Ā 3,431,000
Redcar and Cleveland UA Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Rochdale Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Rotherham CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS
Rutland UA Ā 1,058,000 Ā 1,058,000 Ā 265,000 Ā 462,000 Ā 2,843,000
Salford Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
SandwellĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Sefton Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ 
SheffieldĀ  Highways maintenance PFI Ā Highways maintenance PFI Ā Highways maintenance PFI Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ 
Shropshire UA Ā 9,155,000Ā  Ā 9,155,000 2,289,000Ā  Ā 1,638,000Ā Ā  Ā 22,237,000
Slough UAĀ  502,000Ā  Ā 502,000Ā  Ā 125,000Ā  Ā 1,360,000 Ā 2,488,000
SolihullĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā 
Somerset Ā 12,494,000 Ā 12,494,000 Ā 3,123,000Ā  Ā 2,227,000 Ā 30,337,000
South Gloucestershire UA Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS
South Tyneside*Ā  Ā 859,000Ā  Ā 859,000 215,000 Funding allocated to combined authority Ā 1,933,000
Southampton UA Ā 946,000 Ā 946,000 Ā 236,000Ā  Ā 2,140,000 Ā 4,268,000Ā 
Southend-on-Sea UA Ā 773,000Ā  773,000Ā  Ā 193,000 Ā 1,412,000Ā  Ā 3,151,000
St. Helens CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā 
StaffordshireĀ  Ā 11,141,000 Ā 11,141,000 Ā 2,785,000Ā  Ā 3,449,000Ā  Ā 28,516,000
Stockport CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Stockton-on-Tees UA CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Stoke-on-Trent UA 1,321,000 Ā 1,321,000 Ā 330,000 Ā 1,679,000 Ā 4,651,000
Suffolk 12,106,000 12,106,000 3,026,000 3,271,000 30,509,000
Sunderland* 1,835,000 Ā 1,835,000 Ā 459,000 Funding allocated to combined authority 4,128,000
Surrey 9,275,000 9,275,000 2,319,000 4,821,000 25,691,000
Swindon UA Ā 1,554,000 1,554,000 388,000 1,389,000 4,885,000
Tameside CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS CRSTS
Telford and Wrekin UAĀ  1,916,000 Ā  1,916,000Ā  479,000 946,000 5,257,000 Ā 
Thurrock UA 1,106,000 1,106,000Ā  277,000 979,000Ā  Ā  3,468,000Ā 
Torbay UA 809,000 809,000 202,000 1,071,000 2,892,000
Trafford Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Wakefield Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ 
Walsall Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Warrington UA Ā 1,773,000 Ā 1,773,000 Ā 443,000 Ā 1,505,000 Ā 5,495,000
Warwickshire Ā 7,187,000 Ā 7,187,000 Ā 1,797,000Ā  2,657,000 Ā 18,828,000
West Berkshire UA Ā 2,394,000Ā  Ā 2,394,000 Ā 599,000 Ā 917,000 Ā 6,304,000Ā 
West NorthamptonshireĀ  Ā 4,742,000 Ā 4,742,000 1,185,000 Ā 1,550,000 Ā 12,219,000
West Sussex Ā 7,616,000 Ā 7,616,000 1,904,000Ā  Ā 3,763,000Ā  Ā 20,898,000
Wigan Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ 
Wiltshire UA 9,212,000 9,212,000Ā  Ā 2,303,000Ā  Ā 2,198,000Ā  Ā 22,924,000
Windsor and Maidenhead UA 1,209,000Ā  Ā 1,209,000 302,000 Ā 858,000 Ā 3,577,000
Wirral Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTSĀ  Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTSĀ 
Wokingham UA Ā 1,473,000 Ā 1,473,000Ā  Ā 368,000 Ā 740,000 Ā 4,055,000
Wolverhampton Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS Ā CRSTS
Worcestershire Ā 8,328,000 Ā 8,328,000 2,082,000 2,423,000 Ā 21,161,000
York UA 1,260,000 1,260,000Ā  315,000 1,582,000 4,417,000Ā 

Calculation of the highways maintenance block and pothole funding

This information outlines how DfT calculated highways maintenance block funding 바카라 사이트˜needs바카라 사이트™ allocations for tax years 2022 to 2025. It is important to understand that these figures are subject to the ongoing transport incentivisation initiative and forthcoming consultation with local authorities.

The allocations for each element

As a result of the consultation on highways maintenance funding, DfT has allocated a proportion of the total funding to 3 elements in the following proportions, derived from the whole of government accounts, of 82.42% funding towards roads.

The funding is split evenly between:

  • A roads: 27.47%
  • B and C roads: 27.47%
  • U roads: 27.47%

Funding for other areas include:

  • bridges: 15.38%
  • lighting columns: 2.20%
  • cycleways and footways: 0%

How each element has been calculated

The allocations for an authority for the roads, bridges and lighting elements are all calculated in broadly the same way. This is the 바카라 사이트˜local authority total for each element divided by England total for each element multiplied by total allocation in pounds (Ā£) for each element바카라 사이트™.

The allocations for each of the elements are then added together to get the total allocation for each authority and rounded to the nearest £1,000.

Data sources: roads

The road lengths are sourced fromĀ DfT바카라 사이트™s road lengths dataset for 2012 in kilometres and calculated as follows:

  • A road totals have been calculated as 바카라 사이트˜the principal motorway multiplied by 3 plus principal rural 바카라 사이트˜A바카라 사이트™ plus principal urban 바카라 사이트˜A바카라 사이트™ plus dual principal rural 바카라 사이트˜A바카라 사이트™ plus dual principal urban 바카라 사이트˜A바카라 사이트™바카라 사이트™
  • B and C road totals are calculated as 바카라 사이트˜rural B plus urban B plus rural C plus urban C바카라 사이트™
  • U road totals were calculated as 바카라 사이트˜rural U plus urban U바카라 사이트™

Data sources: bridges

These figures were sourced from local authorities in a data collection exercise and relate to the number of publicly maintainable highways bridges that highway authorities owned as of 1 April 2014. This figure should include all structures over 1.5 metres in span, whether carrying carriageway or footway, but not including public rights of way, or structures belonging to other owners, such as Network Rail.

Data sources: lights

These figures were sourced from local authorities in a data collection exercise and relate to the total number of street lighting columns owned by authorities as of 1 April 2014.

Private finance initiatives (PFIs)

To calculate England바카라 사이트™s totals for:

  • all 3 elements, 3 authorities with PFIs that receive all their funding throughĀ PFIĀ credits have been excluded 바카라 사이트“ these are Birmingham, Sheffield and the Isle of Wight
  • the lighting element, in addition to the 3 authorities mentioned, all local authorities with a street lightingĀ PFIĀ have also been excluded

London Boroughs and the Isles of Scilly were not eligible for funding and have been excluded.