Analyze the excerpt below: “[…] local authorities could lose...

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“[…] local authorities could lose up to a third of their road maintenance funding if they fail to demonstrate they are working to build these solutions.” (l. 34-36).
Considering the change of the subject “local authorities” to the singular form “the local authority”, mark the alternative that presents the necessary grammatical changes.