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Mar 20, 2013

* UK: INFRASTRUCTURES NEEDS URGENT INVESTMENT

* England -  One in five local roads in England and Wales are in a poor condition

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London,EN,UK -Commercial Motor, by Chris Druce -14 March 2013:  ...  In the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance survey of councils ahead of the Budget, the Asphalt Industry Alliance urged the Chancellor to make increased investment in the local road network a priority next Wednesday (20 March)... Previous research by YouGov for the alliance has put the cost, in terms of lost productivity, of poor roads to businesses at £5bn... Key findings of the report, which 75% of councils in England and Wales responded to, are: 
• There is a £831m shortfall in the annual road structural budget 
• It would take 12 years based on current budgets to clear the carriageway maintenance backlog in England (excluding London
• Councils spent £112.7m filling potholes last year 
• Percentage of budget used on reactive maintenance in London 33%...

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