NORTH Yorkshire is set for an extra £13.7 million to spend on road repairs, the roads minister Jesse Norman has announced.

The money is part of a total £42m set aside for Yorkshire and the Humber, which brings the total set aside for roads in the region for this year to £138m.

Mr Norman said: “Potholes are a huge problem for all road users, and too often we see issues occurring at the same place time after time.

“That is why the Government is investing more in improving our roads than at any time before - £15 billion between 2015 and 2020 and a further £28.8 billion to 2025.

“Plus an immediate extra £420m for potholes and local road maintenance just this year.

“Yorkshire and the Humber will be getting an extra £42m this winter to keep its roads in good condition to keep drivers and cyclists safe.”

As part of the £42m announcement, the city of York will get just over £1m to spend on road repairs in the city.

Next year (2019 to 2020), the Yorkshire and the Humber region, which encompasses the whole of Yorkshire and some of Lincolnshire, will get almost £108m from the Local Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport Block funds, which will go towards repairing roads and investing in small safety, bus priority or walking and cycling schemes.

Since 2015, the Department of Transport said that roads in Yorkshire and the Humber have benefited from £373 million for highways maintenance as well as further investment in the region’s roads.

This includes widening the A1 between Leeming Bar and Barton - providing a motorway standard link between London and the North East - upgrading the M1 junction 39 to 42 at Wakefield to a smart motorway and upgrading the A160/A180.