Question reference: S6W-17133
- Date lodged: 2 May 2023
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 May 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it can provide to local authorities to accelerate any construction of pavement infrastructure.
Answer
Local authorities have a duty under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to manage and maintain local roads and pavements in their area.
The vast majority of funding to local authorities from the Scottish Government is provided via a block grant and we do not stipulate how local authorities should utilise their individual allocations. It is therefore the responsibility of each local authority to manage their own budget and to allocate the financial resources available to them on the basis of local needs and priorities, having first fulfilled their statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities.