06 January 2015/Categories: Industry News
A Freedom of Information request has uncovered the scale of the pothole repairs backlog in local authorities throughout England.
The request comes after the government announced a £6 billion fund to help councils keep their roads in good repair.
Councils have attributed their shortfalls to a succession of hard winters and severe floods, chronic underfunding and the cost of getting their roads to defect-free standards. However, some councils are not experiencing any funding issues for road repairs.
The council with the largest deficit is Leeds, which said it would require £100 million to repair all its potholes. It is closely followed by the £86 million shortfall of Gloucestershire and the £79 million needed in Islington. The information also revealed the council with the most potholes to repair, which is Northumberland with 6,600. Other local authorities also lack funding for thousands of repairs, such as Plymouth’s 3,200 and Derbyshire’s 1,550.
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