Birmingham city council is the local highway authority for the area covered by the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency. The funding support allocated to the authority by my Department for highway maintenance and improvements for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 is shown in the following table.
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Capital highways maintenance 6,571 7,229 8,313 Strengthening of structures on the primary route network 2,650 725 715 Resource funding for maintenance of de-trunked roads 1,288 1,321 1,354
Birmingham city council are a partner in the joint West Midlands local transport plan (LTP). This LTP was allocated a road safety grant for the period 2008-09 to 2010-11. The details of the allocation are:
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Road Safety capital grant 844.889 808.829 835.591 Road Safety resource grant 3,797.355 3,635.286 3,755.563
It is for Birmingham city council to decide how their funding is spent in line with the authority's priorities.
In addition, central funding support for services, including routine highways, is provided by Communities and local Government through the revenue support grant. This funding is not ring fenced.