Flood and pothole measures announced in 2014 Budget
An extra £140 million in funding for repairs to flood defences was announced.
An additional £200 million in funding to cover pothole repairs was pledged.
Some were critical of what they saw as inadequate measures. Dr Colin Brown of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers said: "The £140 million announced in today’s Budget for repairs to UK flood defences is a sticking plaster approach and simply does not go far enough.
"The Government needs to be investing in new flood defences and ongoing maintenance projects to ensure long-term UK resilience, neither of which was mentioned by the Chancellor. Equally, there was no mention of resilience plans for other extreme weather conditions which the UK will be increasingly susceptible to in future years.
"Every £1 spent in resilience saves £4 in future relief and rebuilding costs, which is why we need to be taking a much longer-term view of UK infrastructure."
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