A local authority has stressed it will “not back down” until it gets the £50 million needed to tackle the number of potholes plaguing its streets. Medway Council leader Cllr Vince Maple has pledged to continue to lobby central government for more funding to improve the condition of the roads. The council receives just under £3.2 million a year from Whitehall for road upkeep. This year, however, it has been given an additional £400,000 from the Department for Transport (DfT). But Cllr Maple believes this amount is “totally unfair for residents and motorists” who use Medway’s roads. On Tuesday, …