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£500m fund to fix 10 million potholes

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The government has dished out £500m to local authorities in England to repair potholes, with the funding expected to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes across the country.

It is the second of five equal instalments from the £2.5bn Potholes Fund, which will provide £500m a year between 2020/21 and 2024/25.

The average pothole costs £50 to fill in.

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