Severe weather increases highway maintenance backlog

01 April 2011

Severe winter weather has widened the road maintenance backlog in England and Wales to £10.7bn, despite a 59% increase in the amount of pothole filling, according to the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey.

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