Essex roads are set to benefit from extra Government money to target potholes and improve highway maintenance.

Essex County Council’s share of the £200 million national pot is yet to be confirmed, but the council says it will use the extra funds to get crews out quickly in the new year.

Residents are set to see six additional Essex Highways crews on the ground in January helping to improve the condition of roads.

Ian Grundy, councillor responsible for highways, said: “This additional money is very good news for road users in Essex.

"We have a good idea of roughly how much we will get, so we can move very quickly with our highways partner, Ringway Jacobs, to get extra crews out on our roads fixing potholes in January 2018.

"They can use their workforce and partner firms to mobilise new crews and vehicles at speed so residents feel the benefit of this extra funding as soon as possible.”

Mr Grundy added: “Highways crews have fixed more than 5,000 potholes already since April 2017.”