[justincormack]

Roads are split I think in terms of this with larger roads centrally managed, And I think paid for.

[andyjohnson0]

In England and Wales the Highways Agency manage and maintain what they term the "strate­gic road net­work" - basically the motorways and main A roads (map [1]) - and this is funded by central government. Other roads are the responsibility of local government. I don't know how it works in Scotland.

[1] http://www.highways.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Highwa...