There were more than 4,000 potholes in Southampton in a single year, the Echo can reveal

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Southampton

England

United Kingdom

City suffers with 4k potholes in a single year, figures reveal

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The condition of England’s local roads has been branded “a national embarrassment” amid confusion over how councils are spending taxpayer money on maintenance and fixing potholes. A damning report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) called out the Department for Transport (DFT) for not taking its responsibilities and use of public funds on local roads “sufficiently seriously.” It found billions of pounds each year is going to councils, but …

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London

Greater London

Government unclear on where taxpayer money to fix potholes has gone

City MP Stephen Morgan has today marked National Pothole Day by welcoming the Government’s plans for safer roads. This comes in the form up to £2.7 million to boost to repair roads and fix potholes in Portsmouth, as part of a record national £1.6 billion investment to repair road networks in England. The landmark investment – an increase of nearly 50% on local road maintenance funding from last year – goes well beyond the Government’s manifesto …

Stephen Morgan MP

Stephen Morgan welcomes £2.7 million to fix pothole plague in Portsmouth

The Public Accounts Committee has warned that the state of England's local roads is a 'national embarrassment' as billions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being spent without a clear idea of where it is going

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Reach plc

Where has taxpayer cash to fix potholes gone? Government has 'no idea'

More than £20 million has been allocated to tackle the pothole problem in Buckinghamshire

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High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire to receive £20 million to fix potholes

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called out the Department for Transport (DfT) for not taking its responsibilities and use of public money on local roads sufficiently seriously, declaring the £15bn backlog of pothole repairs a “national embarrassment”. The post PAC: England’s pothole crisis is £15bn ‘national embarrassment’ that DfT must fix appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

City suffers with 4k potholes in a single year, figures reveal

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