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Call for pot holes in The Ward to be repaired

by on 13 April, 2016

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Cllr Cherry Beath is raising the pot holes and poor surface on pavements on North Road, and other areas.  Let me know of other pot holes in Combe Down that need attention.

The following excerpt s from a recent Press item
Liberal Democrats in B&NES are questioning how far a government grant to fix potholes will stretch, given the high costs of road repairs and the number of local roads waiting for repair.

The previous Lib Dem administration allocated an extra £2.2M of local money for highways, over and above the government grant, to help address the backlog in repairs.

The Conservatives have slashed this maintenance fund by £1.7M and the government annual grant itself has been reduced by £126,000 compared to last year.

The extra £176,000 from the government won’t go far to make up the shortfall.

Combe Down’s Lib Dem Councillor, Cherry Beath, added: “On the national scale, the Local Government Association has warned that the £50M the government has allocated for the pothole fund is about £11.75bn less than councils need to do the job properly.

“The condition of our roads is only going to get worse unless the government addresses it as a national priority.”

“I have been calling on the Council to allocate funding for repairs to North Road in Combe Down and I will be asking the Cabinet member to confirm whether this will now go ahead.”

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