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Road repair backlog hits record £18bn despite major funding boost
2+ week, 3+ day ago (409+ words) condition, with 15 years or more life remaining, up 3% from last year. Almost one in six local roads equivalent to over 32,500 miles are reported to have less than five years" structural...the Labour government came to power it pledged to repair…...
New report reveals record £18.62 billion needed to repair local roads in England and Wales
2+ week, 3+ day ago (929+ words) would take 12 years of work and "18.62billion to repair all local authority-controlled tarmac in both countries....than 5200 per day) councils simply don't have the budget or resources to keep up with the problem. "I think...adverse weather events on a consistently…...
disgrace”: it would take 12 years and £18.62 billion to repair local roads in England and Wales
2+ week, 2+ day ago (570+ words) would cost "18.62 billion and take 12 years to repair all the local-authority controlled tarmac in England...total of 1.9 million potholes were filled in 2025 more than 5,200 every day at a total cost of "149.3m." But local authorities say they do not have the…...
‘National disgrace’: pothole repair backlog hits record £18.6bn in England and Wales
2+ week, 3+ day ago (589+ words) into the tarmac. The estimated cost of a one-off repair of all potholes has risen by "1.8bn since 2025,...the past decade showed the money needed to fully repair local roads had increased dramatically, adding:...adverse weather events on a consistently underfunded…...
Pothole repair backlog swells to record £18.6bn in ‘national disgrace’
2+ week, 3+ day ago (784+ words) The repair backlog for fixing crumbling roads across England and Wales has hit a record "18.62bn...life remaining Almost one in six (16%) local roads equivalent to over 32,500 miles have less than five years" structural life remaining,...for local roads" despite record…...
Pothole repair backlog hits record £18.6 billion in England and Wales
2+ week, 3+ day ago (377+ words) Pothole repair backlog hits record "18.6 billion in England and Wales The pothole repair backlog has hit a record "18.6bn in England and...into the tarmac. The estimated cost of a one-off repair of all potholes has risen by "1.8bn since 2025,...heating oil…...
'What are we paying for?' as roads crumble and repairs fail
2+ week, 3+ day ago (543+ words) blaming the local council for what they describe as "appalling" work. One anonymous resident told CornwallLive...crumbling. It's shoddy work. If you're going to do a job, do it properly," they said. Cllr Ian Wilson, Reform...finished. Commenter Baggyboatee says:…...
£1 billion to cut costs for businesses, drive growth and clean up UK roads
1+ week, 2+ day ago (605+ words) electric vans and trucks with "1 billion of funding saving them cash, cleaning up millions of journey...growth up and down the country. The new funding comes after the government announced an "18 million uplift...
Government unveils colossal £27bn blueprint to rescue England’s ‘crumbling’ roads
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (509+ words) The Government has pledged "27bn to repair, renew and future-proof England's ageing road network...nearly 6,000 miles of motorway and major A-road lanes almost a quarter of the network. Announced just days after a major roads industry report revealed that the one-time…...
'National disgrace': Cost of fixing potholes estimated at £18.6bn
2+ week, 3+ day ago (608+ words) branded "a national disgrace". It comes as the estimated cost of bringing roads in England and...formed when rainfall enters cracks in the road and when the temperature drops below 0C freezes and expands, creating bigger cracks....