No respite for local roads in the East

This year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey makes bleak reading, with worsening carriageway conditions and mounting costs set to spell more misery for road users.

The ALARM survey, published today (March 21, 2023) by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), reports that the equivalent of 192 potholes are filled in the East every single day.

But, the local authority highway teams in the East of England only received around two-thirds (70%) of what they needed to stop local roads from further deterioration and that almost £1 billion is needed to fix the backlog of carriageway repairs in the region.

Aston spoke to Ian Lancaster, director of AIA.

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