RAC Report on Motoring 2016

3.0 The state of our roads

16 %

70 % of motorists support targeted improvements to local roads saying this should be a top- five priority average drop in road maintenance funding claimed by local authority highways departments in England

Against this background, it comes as no surprise that the 2016 Report on Motoring found that a third of drivers (32%) think that the maintenance of local roads should be top priority for local and national government transport investment (up from 30% in 2015). Four in every five motorists (80%) think this should be a top-five priority.

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