AQW 11166/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount spent on repairing potholes and similar road defects between April 2018 and the end of March 2023, broken down by constituency.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 1 May 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 May 2024
- Answer due by
- 17 May 2024
- Answered
- 17 May 202416 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department does not hold information in the format requested, however I can provide you with details of Structural Maintenance spend by council area which includes the cost for repairing potholes.
Table 1 below sets out the amount of money the Department has spent on Resource and Capital Structural Maintenance, in the period 1 April 18 to 31 March 2023 by financial year.
Table 1: Total Structural Maintenance (Resource & Capital) by District Council Area – Financial Years 2018-19 to 2022-23
| District Council | Structural Maintenance | Year 18-19 | Year 19-20 | Year 20-21 | Year 21-22 | Year 22-23 |
| Figures in £m | ||||||
| Belfast City Council | Resource | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Capital | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 8.4 | |
| Total | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 10.2 | |
| Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council | Resource | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Capital | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 6.5 | |
| Total | 6.3 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 7.5 | |
| Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council | Resource | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Capital | 5.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 7.3 | |
| Total | 6.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 7.9 | |
| Mid & East Antrim Borough Council | Resource | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Capital | 7.2 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 8.6 | |
| Total | 8.5 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 10.4 | |
| Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council | Resource | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Capital | 9.1 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 | |
| Total | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | |
| Derry City & Strabane District Council | Resource | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Capital | 7.8 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 9.8 | |
| Total | 9.1 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 11.4 | |
| Mid Ulster District Council | Resource | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Capital | 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 19.8 | |
| Total | 11.6 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 21.5 | |
| Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | Resource | 2.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Capital | 12.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 11.1 | |
| Total | 14.3 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 11.4 | 12.7 | |
| Ards & North Down Borough Council | Resource | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Capital | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 2.3 | |
| Total | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 3.0 | |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | Resource | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Capital | 12.0 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 9.5 | |
| Total | 14.6 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 11.9 | |
| Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | Resource | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Capital | 10.5 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 17.4 | |
| Total | 12.6 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 19.5 | |
Capital Structural Maintenance includes resurfacing and reconstruction, asphalt patching, surface dressing, capital investment in both drainage infrastructure and in the structural stability of embankments. Resource Structural Maintenance covers patching of carriageway and footways.
Expenditure will have been determined by budget availability and capacity in a given year.