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Condition of roads main current driver concern, RAC finds
Date: 23 October 2023 | Author: Sean Keywood
Drivers have named the condition of their local roads as their number one current concern in an RAC survey.
The motoring organisation's research for its annual Report on Motoring found 49% of drivers listed this as a concern - the highest level to do so since 2015.
In addition, 67% of drivers surveyed said the condition of their local roads had deteriorated during the last 12 months.
The price of fuel was the second biggest concern, named by 42% of drivers.
RAC head of policy Simon Williams said: "Many drivers will be wondering why so many potholes appeared on the country's local roads in the absence of a particularly cold winter. Sadly, a long-term lack of funding for maintenance and repair work means our roads are in a such a fragile state that it only takes a little rainwater getting into existing flaws followed by some sub-zero temperatures for them to break down further.
"We have to bring the ongoing deterioration of our local roads to an end by giving councils the certainty of funding they need to be able to plan proper maintenance programmes which include resurfacing roads that have gone beyond point where they can be patched up.
"This is why we continue to call on the government to ringfence 2p from every litre of existing fuel revenues over a five-year period which will give councils the funds they need to be able to plan proper maintenance programmes."
