North London borough littered with broken roads and footpaths has extra £6m set aside to sort them
A North London council has approved plans to spend an extra £6m on resurfacing the roads and footways in the borough. The measure will include rolling out the new ‘pothole squad’ with machines to repair and refill the many holes that have become a nuisance for drivers and pedestrians quicker and make them longer lasting. The budget was approved at a meeting of Harrow Council’s Cabinet last week (July 25), with the most urgent defects to be prioritised first. The local authority agreed a £240,000 programme earlier in the year to fix some of the worst affected roads but the additional £6m will be a ‘boost’ towards a wider resurfacing scheme. Cabinet member for finance and highways, Cllr David Ashton, outlined the council’s aim to ‘cosmetically improve’ the look of the borough but making sure ‘the worst roads are targeted first’. He also suggested the additional funds will allow for resurfacing works to be carried out on roads which didn’t meet the criteria for pothole repairs. READ ...