West Sussex Welcomes New Pothole Transparency Rules as Government Threatens Funding Cuts

West Sussex welcomes new pothole transparency rules as government threatens funding cuts

West Sussex County Council has welcomed new UK Government measures, designed to improve transparency over pothole repairs and road maintenance.

New pothole rules could see councils stripped of funding as road crisis reaches boiling point

Councils will be facing fresh pressure to ensure potholes are being filled and repairs made, thanks to new Government rules.

Councils in Devon to face tougher scrutiny on fixing potholes

New government guidance, announced on June 9, requires local authorities to prioritise long-term repairs and publish detailed reports.

Councils must prove to public how well they are fixing potholes

Local authorities across England will have to show taxpayers that they are doing more to tackle potholes. The government now requires each council to produce a highways maintenance transparency report. This details how well they repair roads, and how they are avoiding repeat visits to the same location. The measures are designed to encourage local authorities to deal with broken tarmac properly through complete resurfacing, rather than short-ter…

New transparency reporting guidance for local authorities

The Department for Transport has updated requirements for local authorities to ‘demonstrate publicly’ how well they are repairing potholes and local roads, as well as what they are doing to ‘future-proof’ roads.

Tough new rules end patch-up pothole repairs

For the first time councils will need to demonstrate publicly how well they repair their roads and what they are doing to avoid repeat visits to the same stretch of asphalt – encouraging full road resurfacing, preventing potholes and an end to short term patch fixes. Once these transparency reports are published in September, everyone […] The post Tough new rules end patch-up pothole repairs appeared first on We Are South Devon.