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Responding to the National Audit Office report: “The condition and maintenance of local roads in England”, Michelle Gardner, Deputy Director Policy at business group Logistics UK, says:
“The report makes sober reading and is a sad reflection on the state of disrepair of England’s roads. Potholes cost the UK’s economy over £14.4 billion1 a year and there is now an opportunity for the new government to implement the report’s recommendations and repair the infrastructure relied on by businesses and the wider population every day.
“The NAO recommends that the DfT works with HM Treasury to set out how it will provide longer-term funding certainty to local authorities, and this, together with the current lack of accurate data on the condition of local roads, is something we are urging the new government to address as soon as possible. Read more
Source: LOGISTICS UK