The Federal government's Roads to Recovery Program, which pays councils to maintain roads, handed the Glen Innes Severn shire some $5.5 million in subsidies between 2014-15 and 2018-19 including $1 million in 2018-19 alone.

In January Federal member for New England Barnaby Joyce announced the shire would receive just $3.4 million over the next four years.

Today Mr Joyce announced the amount cut would be reduced somewhat, with Glen Innes Severn receiving $4.3 million between 2019-20 and 2023-24.

This money does not include the specific one-off injection of $140 million of cash into the New England highway.

In a press release issued earlier today, titled "extra $11.8 million for New England road upgrades" Mr Joyce said the extra funding would "help keep drivers safe on local roads".

"These upgrades are vital for rural and regional areas like our own where public transport options are few and far between and a car is often the only option," the release quoted him saying saying.

The only council to receive more money this funding round after the additional cash injection is Armidale Regional, which will receive $7.6 million up from $6.68 million.

Tamworth will receive $13.2 million, down from $16.8, Inverell will receive $6.4 million down from $8.3 million, Tenterfield will receive $5.2 million, down $6.7 million, Uralla will receive $2.9 million, down from $3.9 million and Walcha will receive $2.9 million down from $3.7 million.

The Federal government has overall cut road funding through Roads to Recovery nationally.

In January Mr Joyce's staff pointed out that the "base allocation" has actually increased, if you exclude a specific one-off cash injection.

"For the year 2015/16 the government doubled the allocation to $700m for that year only," it said.

"In 2015 it also announced an additional $1.105b from new fuel excise funds, which was spread over 2015/16 to 2017/18.

"Councils were advised at the time that both of these measures were one offs."

These additional cash injections have ended, which means less money for local roads.