Ministers are told to dig deeper to fix Manchester's potholes
The Government hands out a pot of cash to fix potholes
The North West is getting around £6m to tackle pothole problems over the next 12-months.
The government has revealed how much local councils will receive under a multi-million pound fund announced in last month's budget.
That will help fix 121,000 potholes across Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire but many claim they need 230 times the £50m pledged nationally to repair the roads.
The Department for Transport said the cash would pay for one million potholes to be fixed in England over the next year.
While the Local Government Association (LGA) welcomed the announcement, it claimed councils would only be able to "patch up" inadequate roads - not resurface them.
Transport spokesman Martin Tett said: "While £50m is a step in the right direction, councils need more than 230 times that amount to cover the £11.8bn cost to bring our roads up to scratch.
"The money announced today will help those councils receiving it to tackle potholes, but it would not even completely cover the cost of the £69m faced by the average authority to bring its roads up to a reasonable condition."
Breakdown organisations and the Road Haulage Association welcomed the extra cash but agreed it was not enough - with the AA calling it "a drop in the ocean".
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the £50m was part of an "unprecedented investment" of £6.1bn for local roads over the next five years.