Short term local roads funding slammed as repairs backlog nears 17bn - Banbury FM

Short term local roads funding slammed as repairs backlog nears 17bn - Banbury FM

The cost of bringing pothole-plagued local roads in England and Wales up to scratch has been estimated at a record high of nearly £17 billion. A report by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) found one in six miles of the local road network has less than five years’ structural life remaining. But roads are only surfaced once every 93 years on average. David Giles, who chairs the AIA, said more than £20 billion has been spent on carriageway mainte…