{"id":27629,"date":"2026-09-09T11:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/?page_id=27629"},"modified":"2026-09-09T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:32:10","slug":"what-we-spend-to-maintain-the-highway-network-and-where-the-funding-is-coming-from","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/maintaining-roads\/local-highways-maintenance-transparency-report-2026-27\/what-we-spend-to-maintain-the-highway-network-and-where-the-funding-is-coming-from\/","title":{"rendered":"What we spend to maintain the highway network and where the funding is coming from"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spending on highways maintenance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/th>2024-25<\/th>2025-26<\/th>2026-27 (projected)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Total spend on highways maintenance<\/td>\u00a3105,908,000<\/td>\u00a3118,452,000<\/td>\u00a3143,340,000<\/td><\/tr>
Of which spent on:<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Carriageways<\/td>\u00a364,759,000<\/td>\u00a376,985,000<\/td>\u00a392,751,000<\/td><\/tr>
Footways & Cycleways<\/td>\u00a32,434,000<\/td>\u00a32,792,000<\/td>\u00a33,561,000<\/td><\/tr>
Drainage<\/td>\u00a39,031,000<\/td>\u00a38,983,000<\/td>\u00a310,598,000<\/td><\/tr>
Safety Barriers<\/td>\u00a3920,000<\/td>\u00a3680,000<\/td>\u00a3775,000<\/td><\/tr>
Public Rights of Way<\/td>\u00a31,579,000<\/td>\u00a32,136,000<\/td>\u00a31,580,000<\/td><\/tr>
Traffic Assets<\/td>\u00a33,190,000<\/td>\u00a33,408,000<\/td>\u00a34,073,000<\/td><\/tr>
Structures<\/td>\u00a38,667,000<\/td>\u00a39,724,000<\/td>\u00a314,424,000<\/td><\/tr>
Street lighting & Signals<\/td>\u00a310,168,000<\/td>\u00a37,853,000<\/td>\u00a38,585,000<\/td><\/tr>
Other<\/td>\u00a35,160,000<\/td>\u00a35,891,000<\/td>\u00a36,993,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Where our funding for highways maintenance comes from<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Funding sources for highways maintenance<\/th>2024-25<\/th>2025-26<\/th>2026-27 (projected)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Funding received through the Department for Transport \/ UK Government (capital)<\/td>\u00a361,812,000<\/td>\u00a384,219,000<\/td>\u00a387,167,000<\/td><\/tr>
Additional highways maintenance funding provided by third parties (capital)<\/td>\u00a3145,000<\/td>\u00a3399,000<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Additional highways maintenance funding provided by the Council or third parties (revenue)<\/td>\u00a331,385,000<\/td>\u00a333,820,000<\/td>\u00a341,173,000<\/td><\/tr>
Additional highways maintenance funding provided by the Council (capital)
In addition to Government funding, Devon County Council provides additional investment in highway maintenance, reflecting the strategic importance of the network to residents, businesses and communities.<\/td>		\u00a312,566,000<\/td>*\u00a314,000
*remaining balance brought forward from 2024\/25<\/td>		\u00a315,000,000<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>\u00a3105,908,000<\/td>\u00a3118,452,000<\/td>\u00a3143,340,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Spending on highways maintenance 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 (projected) Total spend on highways maintenance \u00a3105,908,000 \u00a3118,452,000 \u00a3143,340,000 Of which spent on: Carriageways \u00a364,759,000 \u00a376,985,000 \u00a392,751,000 Footways & Cycleways \u00a32,434,000 \u00a32,792,000 \u00a33,561,000 Drainage \u00a39,031,000 \u00a38,983,000 \u00a310,598,000 Safety Barriers \u00a3920,000 \u00a3680,000 \u00a3775,000 Public Rights of Way \u00a31,579,000 \u00a32,136,000 \u00a31,580,000 Traffic Assets \u00a33,190,000 \u00a33,408,000 \u00a34,073,000 Structures \u00a38,667,000 \u00a39,724,000 \u00a314,424,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2778,"featured_media":0,"parent":27621,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides-no-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-27629","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-16 16:44:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27629"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27723,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27629\/revisions\/27723"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}