Future for Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood in Chesterfield discussing plans for Derbyshire's highways

Future for Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood in Chesterfield discussing funding and plans for Derbyshire's highways and pothole maintenance.

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00:00I'm Lillian Greenwood and I'm the Labour Minister for the Future of Roads and I'm

00:09here in Chesterfield in Derbyshire today to see for myself the appalling state of

00:14Derbyshire's roads, the mess that they've been left in after 14 years of

00:19Conservative government. But also to see in the good news is the extra almost 10

00:25million pounds that we're giving to Derbyshire County Council bringing their

00:29total capital funding from the Department for Transport for roads maintenance up

00:34to 37 and a half million pounds which should enable them to get on with fixing

00:40the potholes and actually doing a proper job to make sure that people here in

00:44Derbyshire have decent roads to travel on that are smoother and safer than what

00:49they've got at the moment.