The Prime Minister’s Network North announcement on 4 October 2023 included a commitment to an additional £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance from 2023/24 to 2033/34.
At the end of November 2023, Devon County Council received an additional £6,663,000 of funding to be allocated within the 2023/24 financial year from the Road Resurfacing Fund for local highways maintenance, particularly for the resurfacing of carriageways, cycleways, and footways to prevent potholes and other road defects from occurring.
Of the additional funding, approximately £1.5 million was allocated to the funding of extra serviceability patching gangs to prepare the network in advance of the more extreme winter period. The aim to build resilience and arrest the traditional spike in the creation of potholes during this period.
The remainder of the funding was allocated to surfacing and larger patching schemes which will provide targeted resilience across the network.
The following table provides an update on progress:
| Scheme name | Parish | Length (metres) | Program date |
|---|---|---|---|
| P117 – Baddaford Cross | Ashburton | 1,074 | Delivered |
| C10 – Church House Inn | Marldon | 289 | Delivered |
| Z3514 – Kerse Lane | Thurlestone | 1,308 | Delivered |
| C344 – Kiln Road | Marldon | 485 | Delivered |
| P1107 – Lower Weekaborough | Combe Fishacre | 446 | Delivered |
| P128 – Parkfield Cross | Ashburton | 1,371 | Delivered |
| Z2820 – Stoke Cross to Revelstoke Park House | Newton and Noss | 244 | Delivered |
| Z3717 – Wallingford Rd | Kingsbridge | 170 | Delivered |
| P1128 – Weirfield Road | Totnes | 354 | Delivered |
| Z5050 – Westover Lane | Ivybridge | 148 | Delivered |
| C11 – Preston Down Road | Marldon | 247 | Delivered |
| P1405 – East Leigh Cross | South Brent | 1,278 | Delivered |
| L5119 – Brunel Road | Newton Abbot | 513 | Delivered |
| C764 – Main Road | Exminster | 1,653 | Delivered |
| W4724 – Matford Mews | Exminster | 212 | Delivered |
| C198 – Shaldon Road | Newton Abbot | 1,006 | Delivered |
| B3193 – Gestridge Cross | Kingsteignton | 807 | Delivered |
| C467 – Exeter St | North Tawton | 597 | Delivered |
| C575 – Jacobstowe to Abbeford Woods | Jacobstowe | 3,369 | Delivered |
| B3357 – Merrivale | Whitchurch | 516 | Delivered |
| Y1503 – Pixon Lane | Tavistock | 1,391 | Delivered |
| U404 – Winkleigh Airfield | Winkleigh | 1,352 | Delivered |
| C357 – Grantland Hill - | Poughill | 2,114 | Delivered |
| S2304 – Westland Lane | Cruwys Morchard | 1,087 | Delivered |
| C238 – Warbrightsleigh Hill | Stoodleigh | 150 | Delivered |
| W204 – Pitt Lane | Cadbury | 360 | Delivered |
| S2605 – UNNAMED | Cruwys Morchard | 100 | Delivered |
| S1711 – Aldridge Mill Hill - | Stoodleigh | 100 | Delivered |
| C135 – Bickleigh Road - | Cadeleigh | 90 | Delivered |
| R6404 – Meethe Hill King’s Nympton | King’s Nympton | 250 | Delivered |
| C686 – UNKNOWN | Rose Ash | 100 | Delivered |
| R6407 – UNNAMED | King’s Nympton | 100 | Delivered |
| R8404 – Mare Hill | Morchard Bishop | 100 | Delivered |
| R6403 – UNNAMED - | King’s Nympton | 100 | Delivered |
| W4559 Premier Place, Exeter | Exeter | 84 | Delivered Before and after images |
| L425 – UNNAMED - | Woodbury | 280 | Delivered |
| W5741 Pulling Road & W5743 Puckridge | Exeter | 99 | Delivered |
| W4802 Streatham Drive, Exeter | Exeter | 404 | Delivered |
| W4603 – Lyndhurst Road, Exeter | Exeter | 380 | Delivered Before and after images |
| W4604 – Victoria Park Road – Exeter | Exeter | 499 | Delivered |
| W5328 Fortescue Road, Exeter | Exeter | 132 | Delivered |
| W4801 Carlyon Gardens, Exeter | Exeter | 422 | Delivered |
| C595 Douglas Avenue, | Exmouth | 1,703 | September 2024 |
| W5341 Welcome Street, Exeter | Exeter | 80 | Delivered |
| W3804 Blackall Road, Exeter | Exeter | 377 | Delivered |
| W4574 Lower Summerlands, Exeter | Exeter | 83 | Delivered |
| X1403 – Lodge Lane - | Axminster | 200 | Delivered Before and after images |
| S3702 – Boobery - | Sampford Peverell | 682 | Delivered |
| L625 – Winkleigh Lane - | Colaton Raleigh | 150 | Delivered |
| C306 – Quarter Mile Lane - | Rockbeare | 362 | Delivered |
| X313 – UNNAMED - | Upottery | 200 | Delivered |
| C129 – Station Road - | Feniton | 568 | Delivered |
| X610 – Hayne Lane - | Widworthy | 2,245 | Delivered |
| S2013 – Beer Lane - | Burlescombe | 150 | Delivered |
| B3181 – Cullompton Road (Budlake) - | Broad Clyst | 3,435 | TBC |
| C28 – UNNAMED - (Seven Mile Straight) | Stockland | 7,853 | TBC |
| C260 – UNKNOWN – Uffculme to C107 – Ashley Road | Uffculme | 1,350 | Delivered |
| C100 – Axe Farm | All Saints | 200 | Delivered |
| C302 – UNKNOWN - | Dalwood | 336 | Delivered |
| S2011 – UNNAMED - | Culmstock | 428 | Delivered |
| X307 – UNNAMED - | Yarcombe | 200 | Delivered |
| X1006 – UNNAMED - | Widworthy | 100 | Delivered |
| C216 – UNNAMED - | Nether Exe | 1,456 | Delivered |
| X710 – To Yarty farm - | Membury | 250 | Delivered |
| X2240 – Valley View - | Seaton | 481 | March 2025 |
| X703 – UNNAMED - | Membury | 100 | Delivered |