The government has announced that both Kent County Council and Medway Council are to receive a further cash injection to help repair a chronic backlog of potholes.

Transport secretary Chris Grayling said the extra money would help councils repair roads that were damaged by the recent cold spell.

Medway Council is to receive £280,565 while Kent County Council is to get £3,058,239.

Around seven million potholes will be filled due to this money, announced in the 2016 Budget.

Mr Grayling said: “People rely on good roads to get to work and to see friends or family. We have seen an unusually prolonged spell of freezing weather which has caused damage to our local roads.

“We are giving councils even more funding to help repair their roads so all road users can enjoy their journeys without having to dodge potholes.”

Kent County Council has one of the largest road networks in the country and it has been estimated that the backlog of repair work would cost £630m.

It recently emerged that the county council had used a a loophole to reject about a third of all motorists' compensation claims for damage caused by potholes.