Twenty-seven new schemes targeting areas across the country will be launched which includes enhancements such as re-designing junctions as well as improving signage and road markings.
The programme is designed to reduce the risk of collisions, which will in turn reduce congestion, journey times and emissions.
More than a third of the funding will go to the councils of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Newcastle to improve their infrastructure, with smaller sums being paid to other councils around England.
According to a survey last month, while significant, the funds are just a fraction of the £14bn needed to bring British roads up to their expected standard.
Conducted by the Asphalt Industry Alliance, the survey found that local authority highway teams in England and Wales only received around two-thirds of what they needed to stop local roads from further deterioration.
According to the Department for Transport, the new investment will prevent over 750 fatal...