Swindon Borough Council has revealed the latest data relating to potholes on the borough's roads.
According to the figures, it would cost an estimated £142 million to restore every road to 'like new' condition - and £16.3bn to clear the backlog of road maintenance issues across England and Wales.
A council spokesperson said: "However in practice, our limited resources mean we’ve budgeted just over £2 million in 2024/25 for proactive road resurfacing work and allocated another £2 million to day-to-day highways maintenance, including reactive pothole repairs (£170,000) but also all other maintenance work related to roads, pavements and cycle paths."
A spokesperson for the RAC, which produces the RAC Pothole Index, said: “It’s as clear as day that councils simply haven’t had the financial support they need to bring the standard of the roads in their care up to a reasonable standard.”
August saw the borough council repair 328 potholes, making a total of 7,891 since January.
Of those repaired in August:
- 314 were fixed within five working days of being reported
- 286 were identified by the council's team of five highway inspectors who regularly check 522 miles of Swindon’s roads and all 646 miles of paths and pavements and 76 miles of cycle paths
- 48 repairs were reported by residents, of which 28 met criteria for a repair
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