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One fifth of local roads 'undriveable' in five years
Auto Express
|March 29, 2023
37,000 miles of road in poor condition. £14billion of funding required
AN astonishing 18 per cent of roads in England and Wales will be undriveable in five years' time, unless billions of pounds of investment is made, according to a new report.
The Asphalt Industry Alliance's (AIA) Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey suggests that one in five roads - equivalent to 37,000 miles - are in such poor condition that they have less than five years of life left in them.
A total of around £14billion is needed to fix every pothole in England and Wales. This estimate is £2billion higher than that made in last year's ALARM survey and £5billion more than was needed in 2012. The Government recently announced an additional £200million of investment in pothole repairs (Issue 1,772), meaning a total budget of £700million for 2023/24, but motoring groups said this would not make much difference.
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