FOI Request - Road Maintenance Spend
Request 101002421007
Under the freedom of information act, I would like to know the following. Please break down the figures by year, for the past 3 years (data from 2017, 2018, and 2019).
• How much money has been spent on road maintenance over the last three years in your area?
• What is your local 2020 budget for road maintenance?
• How much money has been spent on potholes over the last three years in your area?
Thanks - please provide the responses in an Excel spreadsheet if possible.
Response 19-03-2020
1. The Council spent on Road Maintenance the following:
| Financial Year | Expenditure |
| 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 |
£3,416,406 £4,236,436 £4,006,621 |
2. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not held. We haven’t been allocated the budget for 2020/21.
3. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not held. The closest data we have is the expenditure against our patching budgets, which is shown below. However it is important to note that not all of these cost will be regarding potholes.
| Financial Year | Cost |
| 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 |
£667,057.38 £604,976.20 £750,401.27 £530,045.69 |