5 million National Pothole Patrol plan, pictured smoothing pothole edges in the West Midlands during her local election campaign trail. The scheme, financed through savings from the party's £47 billion savings plan, aims to introduce a single national reporting platform to end the current 'patchwork approach'. Labour responded by claiming the government is delivering its 'biggest-ever investment in road maintenance', but a Labour spokesman insisted road maintenance had not been given the 'funding needed' under the Conservatives.
6 billion funding boost. 5 billion in 2016 to almost £17 billion in 2025, according to the Asphalt Industry Alliance. 6 billion would be required to fix all potholes on local roads in England and Wales, and it found just 51% of the local road network maintained by councils were reported as being in good condition.
Local authorities have funding concerns, with town halls saying more than the current allocation was needed to maintain the local roads network to their target conditions.