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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jack Simpson

Number of UK drivers concerned with state of local roads hits record levels

Pothole in an Edinburgh street
More than half of 2,700 drivers surveyed put the poor condition of local authority-maintained roads as their top concern. Photograph: Alan Wilson/Alamy

The number of UK drivers concerned with the state of local roads has hit record levels, according to the RAC, as the government faces pressure to fix the country’s battered infrastructure.

The motoring body urged the government to provide more funding for councils to fix the state of local roads after it found 56% of the 2,700 drivers surveyed put the poor condition of council-maintained roads as their top concern.

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