The council said that in "an ideal world, every local authority would have the resources to keep roads free from defects" but that funding for preventative road maintenance has "significantly reduced" over recent decades. The council said that this means the borough has an estimated £50 million backlog for repairs and maintenance. This year the council said it received a £1.5 million uplift from the government, increasing the road maintenance budget to £5.75 million. Read more: Historic local battle commemorated with unique display on 1200th anniversaryThe council said this will be spent on resurfacing roads, carrying out repairs including potholes, refreshing road markings, upgrading traffic signals, and more. The extra money received this year has allowed for increased patching work, which involves digging up and resurfacing sections of road where multiple potholes have been created.