Britain's pothole-ridden roads need £10billion of repairs to bring them 'up to scratch', a report claims.
Last year the number of potholes repaired in England and Wales rose by a fifth to 1.86million, following a £4million increase in councils' average highway maintenance budgets to £24.5million.
But the report warns much of this is being spent on 'patch and mend' work which does not improve resilience.
Ravaged roads will cost £10bn to repair: A report from the Asphalt Industry Alliance says councils must spend £9.79bn over ten years to get roads into a 'reasonable' condition. It comes after the AA said a pothole 'epidemic' had driven breakdowns to a 15-year high
The annual survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) says councils must spend £9.79billion over ten years to get roads into a 'reasonable' condition.
It comes after the AA said a pothole 'epidemic' had driven breakdowns to a 15-year high.
The report found a huge discrepancy in what councils are spending on roads.
While some local authorities in England received highway maintenance funding equating to £90,000 per mile last year, a third of councils are forced to tackle the issue with restricted budgets - some as low as £9,000 per mile.
The number of potholes repaired in Britain rose by a fifth last year, according to AIA
AIA chairman Rick Green said: 'There are glimmers of hope, but while overall highway maintenance budgets are up, there is still a big discrepancy between the haves and have nots.
'Achieving target conditions on all categories of local roads – those that we all rely on every day – still remains out of reach.
'With the amount needed to bring the local road network up to scratch still approaching £10 billion, sustained investment over a longer time frame is needed if we want a local road network that supports enhanced mobility, connectivity and productivity.'
While more potholes were repaired in the last 12 months compared with the two year period before, the AIA warned that targets to fix all roads remained 'out of reach'
AA president Edmund King said the survey highlighted that the country is 'beginning to find its way out of the rut' when it came to repairing ravaged roads, but warned that more needs to be done.
'Increased funding and a milder winter presents an opportunity to begin to catch up on the backlog - but any slackening off will simply pitch our roads back into a deep hole,' he said.
Separate research by Kwik Fit found that the repair bill to fix pothole-damaged vehicles had skyrocketed to more than £1billion last year.
It calculated that more than 11 million drivers had to have their motors mended after crashing through a pothole in 2018, costing them an estimated £1.21billion.
The cost of pothole damage for drivers has risen, according to research by Kwik Fit
That's an increase of £296million (32 per cent) compared to the year before, based on Kwik Fit's figures.
The average cost to the individual motorist of repairing damage to components such as tyres, suspension and wheels has reduced slightly from £111 to £108.86, however, the number of motorists being affected has jumped by 2.9 million since last year.
And the total cost is likely to rise even further as 1.4 million drivers say they have yet to have their vehicle repaired.
Almost a third of 2,049 motorists polled by the auto repair firm who said they'd hit a pothole in the last year had their car damaged by the impact and 17 per cent of those quizzed said they'd driven through more than 30 craters a month.
Regionally, Londoners’ wallets are being hit the hardest with an overall bill of £204,681,600, while in Wales the cost to motorists stands at £20,417,100 - a difference of £184,264,500, according to Kwik Fit.
Motorists in London are having to pay the biggest repair bills for pothole-related damage, according to the study
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Last year the number of potholes repaired in England and Wales rose by a fifth to 1.86million, following a £4million increase in councils’ average highway maintenance ...
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