Britain's pothole plague will take £14billion and 11 years to fix, damning ... trends now
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The cost of clearing Britain’s pothole backlog has reached a record high of £14billlion – up nearly £1.5billion on last year, a report revealed yesterday.
It would take 11 years for local authorities to fix every crumbling road in England and Wales, up from nine years in 2022, according to a survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance.
Last year the trade body found it would cost councils £12.64billion to fill in all potholes – but since then the repair bill has risen by 11 per cent to £14.02billion.
The Daily Mail is campaigning for an end to the nation’s pothole plague, which is costing drivers millions in repair bills and putting cyclists’ lives at risk.
Overall, the AIA found there were 8,000 fewer miles of road classified as ‘good’ compared with last year, a fall of four per cent. And one in every nine miles of local road is now in ‘poor condition’ and likely to require maintenance in the next 12 months.
The cost of clearing Britain’s pothole backlog has reached a record high of £14billlion – up nearly £1.5billion on last year, a report revealed. Pictured: A car driving through a pothole
Despite the deteriorating state of the nation’s roads, only 1.4million potholes were filled in 2022/3, down from 1.7million in the previous year. The AIA’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey found shortfalls in pothole repair budgets among local authorities had reached a record high.
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