Should we look to Norway for the solution to our pothole problem?

TWO Reform Nottinghamshire councillors asked the East Midlands Combined Authority (EMCCA) if it could help sort out the county's potholes and whether we could learn from other, colder countries how to make more permanent repairs.

- By JOSEPH CONNOLLY Local democracy reporter

The EMCCA investment committee, made up of Derby city, Derbyshire, Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire councillors, met on Monday, to discuss where EMCCA'S government money was being placed in the 2026/2027 financial year.

EMCCA took over responsibility for transport across the four constituent councils at the end of January and received £2bn from the government last June, which can be spent on roads. Earlier in January, EMCCA's transport committee voted to provide £120m of roads funding to the region's highways, split between the four councils, in 2026-2027, which Monday's investment committee was told about.