Over the summer, Matthew Tomlinson, County Councillor for Leyland Central and South Ribble Borough councillor for Golden Hill ward, in his role as LCC's Cabinet member for Sustainable Development, was pleased to announce an extra £5 million for Lancashire's roads. This was over and above the scheduled spending as a result of sound financial handling.
Matthew said:
“This is great news for communities across Lancashire as the improvements the money makes will be clearly visible.
“I’ve handed the cash to the Lancashire Local committees in each district so that the decisions can be made locally.
“The committees could decide to carry out some extra road resurfacing, grass cutting, sign cleaning or lighting column repainting.
“..the £5 million is over and above what we are already spending on our day-to-day highway maintenance, improvement and safety projects. It will allow the Lancashire Locals to target some of the lower priority issues.
“The money has become available as a result of a review our finances at the end of the 2007/08 financial year. The county council is working hard to make savings, and is now able to invest these savings in our communities.”
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