Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

Scottish Local Government Finance Settlement 2023-24: Funding Allocation Formula.


Road Maintenance

Quantum (£000s): 195,535

Category: GAE

Note 1: Road Length and Parking Data: Annual Return to Transport Scotland 2022

Note 2: Kms of LA road length (April 2022) multiplied by number of lanes, and weighted (Principal Road x 1.0, Non Principal Road x 0.5, Peat roads x 1.0). A weighting of 0.442 is applied to lane length available for parking. Includes road built on peat.

Note 3: Road usage statistics, excludes trunk roads. Weighted in proportion to average weight (tonnage) of a vehicle type. Usage data from Transport Scotland, 2017-2019.

Note 4: Percentage weightings are determined using regression, comparing the variables with latest spend data

Road Maintenance
indicators Road Usage (weighted by vehicle type) Effect 1 (£000s) Weighted Lane-length Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 2,820 5,390 1,286 1,029 3% 6,419
Aberdeenshire 6,383 12,198 6,983 5,589 9% 17,787
Angus 2,191 4,187 2,046 1,638 3% 5,825
Argyll & Bute 1,578 3,015 3,260 2,609 3% 5,624
City of Edinburgh 4,979 9,515 1,703 1,363 6% 10,878
Clackmannanshire 815 1,557 354 283 1% 1,840
Dumfries & Galloway 2,257 4,314 5,261 4,211 4% 8,525
Dundee City 1,491 2,849 631 505 2% 3,354
East Ayrshire 2,182 4,170 1,354 1,084 3% 5,254
East Dunbartonshire 1,336 2,552 595 476 2% 3,029
East Lothian 1,426 2,726 1,262 1,010 2% 3,735
East Renfrewshire 1,221 2,333 558 446 1% 2,780
Falkirk 2,383 4,554 1,108 887 3% 5,441
Fife 5,227 9,989 2,807 2,247 6% 12,236
Glasgow City 4,583 8,759 2,599 2,080 6% 10,839
Highland 3,212 6,137 9,435 7,551 7% 13,689
Inverclyde 995 1,901 397 318 1% 2,218
Midlothian 1,415 2,704 827 662 2% 3,366
Moray 1,365 2,609 1,793 1,435 2% 4,045
Na h-Eileanan Siar 676 1,292 2,155 1,724 2% 3,016
North Ayrshire 1,223 2,337 1,158 926 2% 3,264
North Lanarkshire 4,922 9,407 1,871 1,498 6% 10,905
Orkney Islands 431 823 1,369 1,096 1% 1,919
Perth & Kinross 2,750 5,256 2,968 2,375 4% 7,631
Renfrewshire 1,904 3,638 991 793 2% 4,431
Scottish Borders 2,590 4,951 3,629 2,905 4% 7,855
Shetland Islands 639 1,222 1,500 1,201 1% 2,422
South Ayrshire 1,547 2,956 1,344 1,076 2% 4,032
South Lanarkshire 3,653 6,982 2,657 2,126 5% 9,108
Stirling 2,036 3,892 1,546 1,237 3% 5,129
West Dunbartonshire 1,036 1,980 450 360 1% 2,340
West Lothian 2,916 5,573 1,283 1,027 3% 6,599
Total 74,182 141,767 67,178 53,768 100% 195,535
weights 72.5% 27.5%

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