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£14bn potholes crisis has left our roads even worse than Russia's

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April 29, 2024

POTHOLE-plagued cost roads £14.4billion a year in economic harm, analysis reveals.

- Martyn Brown

£14bn potholes crisis has left our roads even worse than Russia's

Damage, accidents and time lost caused the bill, said the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

Its deputy chairman Douglas McWilliams said: "Britain's pothole crisis is serious. Having completed the most recent Peking to Paris car rally from Beijing to Paris, my take is our roads are worse for potholes than anywhere on that rally apart from the far West of China and Mongolia.

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