Organisation: Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA)
Date uploaded: 7th April 2020
Date published/launched: March 2020
The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) commissions an annual survey of highways departments in all local authorities in England and Wales to build a picture of the general condition of local roads.
The 2020 edition shows that local authorities saw highway maintenance budgets drop by an average of 16% in 2019.
As a result, 1.5 million potholes were filled, compared with 1.9 million in the previous 12 months – leading to an increase in the one time cost to get roads back into reasonable condition from £9.79bn to £11.14bn.
The survey also shows there were 7,240 fewer miles of road reported to be in ‘good’ structural condition, with 15 years or more of life remaining.
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