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The UK Government intends to grant £50m ($70.5m) of funding in a bid to repair approximately one million potholes across the country over the next 12 months.

The government will give the funding to more than 100 councils across England with an aim to fix nearly 943,000 potholes on local roads.

Work will be carried out during the current financial year and will primarily benefit cyclists and motorists using the local roads.

Funding will be received by the councils as part of the £250m ($352.6m) Pothole Action Fund planned with the long-term aim of improving the conditions of local roads.

The Pothole Action Fund was included in the Budget 2016 announced in March and aims to mend more than four million potholes by 2020-21.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "I know how important well-maintained roads are to people across the country.

"Almost every journey starts and ends on a local road, so the government is giving councils £250m specifically to tackle the blight of potholes in their area."

"Almost every journey starts and ends on a local road, so the government is giving councils £250m specifically to tackle the blight of potholes in their area."

Between 2015-16 and 2020-21, the government intends to spend £6.1bn ($8.6bn) on the maintenance of local highways.

McLoughlin added: "This is just one part of our unprecedented investment in local road maintenance over the next five years.

"We are giving a record £6bn to local authorities in England that will improve journeys across the regions."

As part of the funding, the Pothole Action Fund will provide £50m every year to the local authorities in England for the coming five years.

Image: A pothole. Photo: courtesy of Gov.UK.