William Eichler 13 May 2024

Council invests emergency £5m to tackle ‘potholes menace’

Council invests emergency £5m to tackle ‘potholes menace’   image

Lancashire County Council has announced an emergency £5m to deal with the ‘potholes menace’ ruining the county’s roads.

The funding boost was agreed as an urgent decision by the council's cabinet and will bring the county's highways budget for the year to over £37m.

‘This extra £5m will make a big difference by ensuring our highways teams have the resources to carry out resurfacing schemes to these localised areas,’ said Cllr Rupert Swarbrick, cabinet member for highways and transport.

‘In many places we will also be improving the local drainage system to reduce the likelihood of these problems reoccurring.’

The latest ALARM survey, which is carried out annually by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), found that less than half (47%) of all local roads are reported to be in good structural condition.

A recent report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) calculated the poor state of England’s road system is costing £14.4bn a year in economic damage.

If this article was of interest, then check out AIA chair Rick Green's feature, The great pothole repair failure.

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