Time to get a grip

New report puts road repair backlog at close to £17bn amid calls for action

Dan Sutherland

TOP STORY An annual survey looking into the state of local authority-controlled roads in England and Wales has concluded that things have never been worse, with 12 years of continuous work required at a cost of £16.81 billion to get things back on track. Released on Tuesday, March 18, the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey report, conducted by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), found that 52% of local road networks (or 106,000 miles) have less than 15 years of structural life remaining. “Over £20bn has been spent on carriageway maintenance in England and Wales over the last decade,” Chair of the AIA, David Giles commented. “However, due partly to the short-term nature of the allocation of funding, it has resulted in no quantifiable uplift in the condition and…

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