A new £2 million funding has been secured to help councillors tackle potholes across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

The fund will be used to tackle defects already reported to Staffordshire County Council by the public and gives councillors the opportunity to prioritise local repairs above non-urgent repairs.

The money is part of the £4.8 million the county council received from the Department for Transport's pothole fund.

This is on top of the already-announced £5 million investment for road repairs, and a £30 million investment in the county's roads over the next two years.

Work is anticipated to take place in the summer (Staffordshire County Council).

Staffordshire County Council Cabinet Member for Highways David Williams said: "Local members know their individual areas incredibly well, and are in the best place to determine what highways issues need to be tackled, in partnership with local people."

The scheme is live now, with any work anticipated to take place in the summer.

Meanwhile, people can still report defects online.

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