Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled How well does your council fix potholes? Tough new guidance for councils will end patch-up fixes and lead to smoother, safer journeys, published on 9 June 2026, what proportion of local roads are currently classified as requiring maintenance intervention in Essex.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The Department publishes statistics on the condition of local roads in England annually Road conditions - GOV.UK. In the financial year ending March 2025, in Essex, maintenance should have been considered on 3% of local A road and motorway, 3% of B and C road and 10% of unclassified road. Across England as a whole, for the same period, maintenance should have been considered on 5% of local A road and motorway, 7% of B and C road and 17% of unclassified road.
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