The State of our Roads
The Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey was published on the 3rd of April, unfortunately it did not get the coverage it deserved.The National findings were as follows;
Estimated back-log of repairs per authority
- Estimated back-log of repairs per authority £90m
- Estimated time needed to clear back-log 12 years
- Annual average budget shortfall per authority £5.1m
- Frequency of road surfacing (all classes) 68 years
To compare that with Kirklees is difficult as most
authorities have nowhere as many roads as Kirklees, we have 1891 km of roads
and unfortunately a large proportion of out roads suffer from severe weather
conditions due to hight above sea level.A London authority for example might have 10% of the roads we have, and no adverse weather conditions But, given the above caveats the picture for Kirklees is as
follows;
- Estimated back-log of repairs £75m
- Estimated time needed to clear back-log 10 years
- Kirklees budget shortfall £9.5m
- Frequency of road surfacing (all classes) 82 years
As you will see we are rapidly approaching the point where
must consider closing some roads to vehicles.
