ESSEX will receive a share of a £500 million funding pot set to be used to repair 10 million potholes.

Councils across England have been allocated shares of the cash from the Department for Transport.

The cash will be used for highways maintenance, meaning pothole repairs and the like, with the funding expected to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes across the country.

The East of England will receive £68.5 million in total, according to the MailOnline.

Essex County Council will receive more than £13 million.

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Cash is the second of five equal instalments from the £2.5 billion Potholes Fund, providing £500 million a year between 2020/21 and 2024/25, announced by the Chancellor in the 2020 Budget.

With the average pothole costing around £50 to fill in, the funding is set to ensure the equivalent of 10 million potholes can be rectified.

Transport Minister Baroness Vere said: "We know potholes are more than just a nuisance – they can be dangerous to drivers and cyclists alike, and cause damage to thousands of vehicles every year.

"The funding allocated today will help councils ensure roads in their area are kept up to standard, and that the potholes that blight road users can be dealt with promptly."

Kevin Bentley, Deputy Leader of Essex County Council and Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, said: “We welcome this money provided specifically to help councils work to catch up to some extent with the inevitable backlog of pothole repairs after wet and freezing winter weather.

“We will use a combination of our in-house crews and quickly mobilised support from supply chain partner firms to maximise the effectiveness of all the funding available. We fixed 11,615 potholes across Essex in 2020 and have a major challenge now to repair those caused by the coldest winter in ten years.

“Extra crews are now working to fix more potholes each week logged by Essex County Councillors, in addition to the usual safety-priority repairs we carry out.”