Councils in London are investing more than three times as much in roads as rural councils, according to research by the County Councils Network (CCN).
Leaders of England’s county authorities are calling for a fair share of the government’s new £2bn pothole fund and a long-term commitment to ‘level up’ investment.
The CCN figures show that the 36 shire counties were able to spend £20,885 per mile on road repairs, pothole filling, and constructing new junctions and networks last year, compared to £62,350 per mile in London.
David Williams, CCN chairman, and leader of Hertfordshire County Council, said the analysis “shows that county motorists are clearly the poor relation to drivers in London and other cities areas when it comes to how much gets spent on fixing potholes and improving the local road network, with drivers across the country facing a pothole lottery, even within regions”.
