摘要: |
The local roads maintenance backlog in England and Wales for 2023 has hit a record £14bn, an increase of 11%. After punishing levels of inflation this year, the annual shortfall between current carriageway funding levels and what is needed to prevent further decline jumped to £1.3bn in 2022-2023 - an increase of 20%, which is roughly the level of inflation many argue the highways sector has recently faced. Authorities said this year they only received around two-thirds of the amount they would have needed to maintain the network to their own targets. |