A study into the state of the UK’s local network has provided a stark warning as to the size of the task faced by local authorities.
Released today by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), the study highlights the current lack of resources needed to halt the decline in the standard of the local road network. The AIA’s annual ALARM survey says that the state of disrepair in which the UK’s local road has been allowed to fall would now require 14 years and almost £12billion to rectify. The study blames decades of underfunding, increasing traffic volumes, and wetter winters as the primary contributory factors. Over on sixth of all local roads are said to be in poor condition with less than five years life remaining before they will need to be repaired or – in a worst case scenario – closed.
The study has been welcomed by road transport industry bodies, however one – the Road Haulage Association – has branded the £12billion repair estimate ‘conservative’, and claimed that the failure of local authorities to maintain their nfrastructure is undermining road safety.
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