COUNCILS will receive a funding boost to help them tackle the blight of pot holes on the roads the Department for Transport announced this morning. 

Berkshire's six councils will all receive a share of a £250m 'Pothole Action Fund' included in the Chancellor's most recent budget in order to tackle dangerous potholes in the borough's roads in 2016/17.

Bracknell Forest is set to receive £101,000 from the fund, enough to fill in 1,906 potholes, and Wokingham borough will get a £159,000 chunk to deal with around 3,000 holes. 

The Royal Borough will be able to mend 2,736 potholes with their £145,000 portion from the fund. 
Reading's dilapidated roads will benefit from a £60,000 boost to fix 1,132 holes.

Cllr Chris Turrell, lead member for planning and transport at Bracknell Forest Council, said: "It's similar to what we have had in previous years. It will help, definitely and we will make sure that it is spent for the reason intended. 

"We'll make sure that any area of concern all gets attended to because pot holes can appear quickly."

Just last week the News reported how Bracknell was among one of the areas across the country with the most road repairs to make.

Addressing the issue, Cllr Turrell added: "Any money is always helpful and we have got a very good reputation for our roads, people do compare them to other areas and a lot find we are better, but we can't be complacent."

The Pothole Action Fund will give local authorities in England £50 million a year over the next five years, to help them tackle more than four million potholes. 

Funding is calculated according to the size of the local road network in the area.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "This is just one part of our unprecedented investment in local road maintenance over the next five years. We are giving a record £778 million to local authorities in South East that will improve journeys across the region."