Chapter 8 Revenue funding for maintenance activities

In England, the motorway and trunk road routes are the responsibility of the government's Highways Agency. Other roads, including adopted streets and green lanes, are the responsibility of the local highway authority – either unitary authorities (including London boroughs and metropolitan districts) or county councils. For these authorities, most of the current or ‘revenue’ expenditure on highway maintenance is funded from their general government grant income or from council tax. The following is a brief summary of how highway maintenance revenue spending is financed in England and how general government grants reflect highway maintenance activity.