United Kingdom's road repair crisis
The United Kingdom's pothole epidemic could cost £9bn and a decade to solve.[2] In December 2018, it was reported that potholes recently increased by third to half a million in UK and there may be as many as 674,000 potholes in the UK.[3]
A 2016 UK Automobile Association study found that 32% of UK drivers have experienced vehicle damage caused by potholes in the last two years.[4]
In 2018, UK roads ranked were ranked 27th in the world which was a ranking below Chile and Cyprus.[5]
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UK's cut in its minor roadway budget
In 2018, the website roads.cc reported:
| “ | Cycling UK says that cuts to maintenance budgets for minor roads mean that potholes on them are now costing the economy £2.04 billion in 2017 in England alone.
The figure is based on analysis by the Transport Research Laboratory, which has said that for every £1 cut from the maintenance budget, there is a wider economic impact of £1.67. Since 2009/10, Cycling UK says that maintenance spend on minor roads has fallen by 40 per cent, and that in 2016/17, only 51 per cent of the entire road maintenance budget was spent on them - down from 60 per cent in 2009/10 - despite them making up 88 per cent of the entire road network.[6] |
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Britain's road repair crisis
The Week reported: "The AA’s insurance chief, Janet Connor, has described Britain’s broken roads as “nothing short of a national disgrace.”[7]
Britain's pothole crisis is costing drivers and insurance firms at least £1m per month.[8]
In 2013, Britain had one pothole in every mile of road.[9] In 2013, the breakdown service Britannia Rescue reported that potholes now “take up a total area of 295 square miles (764 square km) in Britain – more than twice the size of the Isle of Wight”.[10]
External links
- Britain's potholes are 'national scandal' that would take a decade to fix , The Telegraph, 2019
- Britain’s POTHOLE epidemic: UK’s ‘third world roads’ blasted, Daily Star, 2018
- AA Calls Britain's roads a "national disgrace" as potholes estimated to cost drivers £1M a month, The Sunday Times, 2018
- Crumbling Britain: the UK’s pothole plague is a sign of national decline, New Statesman, June 13, 2018
Notes
- ↑ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS, WheelWright
- ↑ Pothole HELL: UK motorists let down as pothole crisis could cost £9bn & a DECADE to solve, Express, 2018
- ↑ Potholes increase by third to half a million in UK piling on motoring misery, Mirror, 2018
- ↑ How big is the pothole problem?
- ↑ UK roads ranked worse than Chile and Cyprus in global survey, Motors.co.uk
- ↑ Cycling UK: Potholes on minor roads are costing the economy £2 billion a year, roads.cc
- ↑ Britain’s broken roads cost drivers £1m a month, The Week, 2018
- ↑ Britain’s broken roads cost drivers £1m a month
- ↑ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS, WheelWright
- ↑ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS, WheelWright
