A massive £4.6million has been given to the council to help make it easier to get around Waltham Forest.

The money will be spent on numerous improvements over the next financial year.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has also given the local authority £7.3 million from Transport for London as he announced the capital's boroughs will have greater freedom in choosing local transport projects.

He has introduced a £100,000 award for local authorities across the capital to spend as they choose.

"I am awarding Waltham Forest a budget of £4.6 million next year for local schemes that will make travelling safer, more accessible and more environmentally friendly, helping to improve the quality of life for people across the borough," he said.

The funding will mean £540,000 will be spent on repairing uneven surfaces, potholes and cracks in Waltham Forest's major roads, £300,000 will be spent on railway bridge strengthening and £200,000 will be spent in the Langthorne area of Leytonstone which will include a 20mph traffic calming zone and road narrowing.

A further £940,000 will be spent on local safety schemes and £260,000 on school travel plans.

There is £40,000 allocated for controlled parking, £65,000 on making bus stops more accessible and £8,000 on education, training and publicity.