Devon County Council’s cabinet has convened to propose adding an extra £4m to the highways budget for 2025/26.
Councillors agreed their target budget for the new financial year at the beginning of January.
The full council meets next Thursday [20 February] to finalise the budget for 2025/26.
Reductions in other departmental spending and increased income will mean an overall rise of 5.9% in the budget with a total spend of over £784.1m.
Devon County Council cabinet member for finance Phil Twiss said: “Our postbags regularly include complaints from residents about potholes on our roads.
“It is important that when there is some extra money available to do more to tackle the problem it should go to that. I am delighted that the budget now includes an additional £4m to highways to help address this issue.”
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