Under the PFI contract, our spending is divided into capital and revenue expenditures. Capital spending includes major projects like resurfacing roads and maintaining large structures such as bridges. Revenue spending covers day-to-day maintenance activities, including pothole repairs, routine inspections and street cleansing including fly-tipping, bin and litter collection, surface drainage, street lighting maintenance and repair, winter maintenance such as gritting, highways claims and landscape management for the adopted highway.
Highway maintenance spending
| Year | Capital allocated by DfT | Capital spend | Revenue spend | Estimate of % spent on preventative maintenance | Estimate of % spent on reactive maintenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (projected) | £2,731,000 | £13,031,000 | £21,455,000 | 80% | 20% |
| 2024/25 | £2,011,000 | £12,792,000 | £20,700,000 | 79% | 21% |
| 2023/24 | £2,011,000 | £13,001,000 | £19,786,000 | 78% | 22% |
| 2022/23 | £1,786,000 | £10,743,000 | £19,640,000 | 80% | 20% |
| 2021/22 | £1,786,000 | £9,636,000 | £17,811,000 | 82% | 18% |
| 2020/21 | £2,441,000 | £9,641,000 | £16,790,000 | 79% | 21% |