Cambridgeshire is set to receive almost £1 million worth of funding to tackle its county-wide problem with potholes.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin has announced that £7.2 million of the government’s Pothole Action Fund will be distributed around East Anglia to repair nearly one million potholes – with Cambridgeshire receiving the fourth-largest award.

Cambridgeshire is set to receive £973,000 from the government – an amount dwarfed only by £1.6 million which is to be spent in Norfolk, £1.5 million in Essex and £1.4 million in Suffolk.

The money will go towards the repairing of 18,358 potholes in the county.

Mr McLoughlin, said: “I know how important well-maintained roads are to people across the East of England. Almost every journey starts and ends on a local road, so the government is giving councils in the region £7.2 million specifically to tackle the blight of potholes in their area.

“This is just one part of our unprecedented investment in local road maintenance over the next five years. We are giving a record £644 million to local authorities in the East of England that will improve journeys across the region.”