OUR pothole-plagued roads will take 12 years and nearly £17billion to fix, a report has found.
More than half of local streets have less than 15 years of life left, according to a survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance.
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But, on average, they are re-surfaced only once every 93 years.
AIA boss David Giles laid bare the scale of the problem.
He explains how despite £20billion being thrown at road maintenance in the past decade, the short-term approach has failed.
He said: “There have been no significant improvements in structural road conditions.”
The AIA claims getting roads back to ideal condition would take 12 years and cost £16.81 billion.
Its survey also found 94 per cent of local authority highway teams believe there has been no improvement to their roads over the past year, with two thirds saying they have got worse.
And despite councils spending £137.4million filling 1.9million potholes last year, the repair backlog continues to balloon.
The Department for Transport said: “We’re investing £1.6billion to help councils resurface local roads and fix the equivalent of up to seven million extra potholes over the next financial year.”
