ROADS left badly damaged and strewn with potholes by the severe winter weather are set to benefit from a £100 million kitty.

Bury will receive £200,241 for pothole and flood resilience work.

The new cash announced by the Government today, will help fix almost two million potholes as well as protecting roads from severe weather in the future.

The cash is on top of the £75 million given to councils this year from the Pothole Action Fund and an additional £46 million for highways authorities announced before Christmas.

This winter has seen the UK battered by The Beast from the East and Storm Emma, while there have also been a number of snowfalls and periods of freezing temperatures.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said that the inclement weather had led the government to announce the extra funds.

He said: “People rely on good roads to get to work and to see friends or family. We have seen an unusually prolonged spell of freezing weather which has caused damage to our local roads.

“We are giving councils even more funding to help repair their roads all road users can enjoy their journeys without having to dodge potholes.”

And the Government is also investing more than £900,000 to help councils manage and plan maintenance works more efficiently.

It is hoped the trials will ultimately provide councils with data that will enable them to repair potholes before they occur. and maintain other assets more effectively.

This should help prevent further potholes and other road defects occurring over time.

The Department for Transport is also providing £30,000 to the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to work to future-proof the road network.