Kent County Council pledges £67m to repair potholes and roads
The new administration at Kent County Council has pledged to spend £67m repairing the county’s potholes, renewing road surfaces and preventing future damage, according to the BBC. Linden Kemkaran, the leader of Kent County Council, said: “Kent’s residents have told us loud and clear that they are fed up with the poor state of our […]
Council pothole compensation claims double in a year
Pothole compensation claims submitted to 18 local authorities with the longest road networks in Britain more than doubled in the 12 months between 2022 and 2023 from 8,327 to 20,432, new data analysed by the RAC has revealed. A Freedom of Information request to 21 councils – covering nearly 92,200 miles of local roads – […]