Council Road Maintenance Reports

A-road green share fell from 79% to 30% since 2022

U-road RED rose from 17% to 24% on an 830km network

327,165 potholes in five years — AMBER on every DfT scorecard

RED on best practice — only 8.58% of B/C roads in good condition

B/C roads in RED tripled from 7% to 21% since 2020

416,380 potholes filled in five years — about 228 every day

One in five village roads RED for five years running

277,406 potholes in five years on sinking peatland roads

Good B/C roads fell to 76% — pothole counts are estimates

38,806 potholes a year — and a £29m U-road target in reverse

411km of residential U-roads — 86% of the network

Half of the 9,944km network surveyed once every four years

29% of U-roads RED at peak — 25% surveyed yearly

Only 18% of residential roads in good condition

U-road RED rate nearly tripled since 2020

48.6% of A-Roads failing

89% prevention spend, 39% more potholes

424% U-Road failures increase

Zero prevention funding 2025/26

£10m gamble & 67% deterioration spike

7,300 defects fixed — only 340 counted as potholes

A quarter of the Square Mile needs resurfacing

43.6% of residential roads in RED when last surveyed

Needs £8.5m a year just to stand still

Preventative spend collapsed from 72% to 25%

19% of residential roads RED at the last survey

676 potholes filled in one year on a 203km network

Nearly one in five B/C roads now in RED condition

7,055 pothole repairs in one year on 457km of roads

27% of residential roads RED when surveys stopped in 2022

25-year PFI — GREEN condition but AMBER overall

For every RED road fixed, another slips to amber

Good-condition roads fell from 97% to 72% in four years

One-third of A-roads in RED — just 16% green

RED condition — 16.6% of residential roads "very poor"

367km of residential roads on a two-year survey cycle

Half of residential roads in RED condition

RED condition — half of U-roads needed resurfacing in 2021

Only 40% of A-roads remain in green condition

RED on condition AND best practice — 326km of U-roads

20% of the network sits beside active construction

372km of U-roads judged on 2021 survey data

One million daytime users on 339km of roads

198,463 pothole repairs in five years — 95% of claims refused

18% of 682km of estate roads need maintenance

33% of estate roads failed in 2022 — re-survey declined

0% preventative spend five years running — RED best practice

A-road RED up from 2% to 14% after survey switch

212,069 potholes in five years on a 5,209km network

12,635 potholes in 2023/24 as resurfacing halved

9,594 pothole repairs in one year — up 66%

22% of estate roads RED — doubled since 2021

23% of residential roads now in RED — up from 18%

Only 1% resurfaced a year — a 122-year cycle

Good-condition A-roads down 28% since 2020/21

One in five residential roads still in RED condition

Record 37,766 potholes filled in 2024/25 alone

U-road RED jumped to 17.77% in the 2024 survey

27% of U-roads RED — up from 5% in 2021

69% of U-roads now in amber or RED condition

97,757 potholes filled in 2024/25 — up 94% in five years

Defect repairs quintupled to 9,547 as resurfacing collapsed 86%

GREEN condition but RED best practice — 46% reactive spend

RED best practice — 71.77% of reactive spend on potholes

35% of residential roads in RED — more than double since 2020

22% of estate roads in RED at the last comparable survey

75% of B/C roads in amber or RED condition in 2024

11% of 798km of U-roads in RED condition

15.4% of U-roads RED on a four-year survey cycle

Just 24.5% preventative spend — RED on best practice

22% U-road RED peak — 19k pothole fills in 5 years

Only 25% of residential roads in GREEN condition

0% prevention spend in 2020-21

Survey scandal & £96m backlog

149,315 defects repaired in 5 years — B/C roads still declining

AMBER on every scorecard — 18% of U-roads in RED

91,661 defects in 2022/23

25-year PFI — 41,901 pothole fills in five years

39% of unclassified roads RED in 2024 — up from 18% in a year

31% of U-roads RED — best practice also rated RED

26% of estate roads RED — quintupled since 2020

157,406 potholes in five years — B/C RED at a five-year high

79% of U-roads green — DfT flags incomplete data

Council says 70% of roads need capital funding

273,383 potholes filled in five years — and the trend is rising

17% of U-roads in RED after a three-year rise

348km of U-roads with no published condition data

U-road RED readings swung between 3% and 21%

71% pothole surge — council admits "holding the decline"

Repairs up 34% despite prevention-first claims

Every road worse, +65% potholes

36,501 potholes filled in a year on a network rated GREEN

52% of 13,000km network in managed decline

43,115 potholes in five years — B/C RED spiked to 13.31%

14.48km network — England's smallest highway authority

8,600 potholes planned — council admits survey data gap

37% of residential roads in RED condition

RED money, GREEN roads — spending £1m under its DfT allocation

£12m shortfall — pothole repairs doubled since 2020

14,411 pothole fills in a single year

58% more potholes filled since 2021/22

91% prevention spend collapse

U-roads at 42/100 — 83% of network neglected

B/C roads in RED doubled to 13% by 2024

46% of the network not condition-surveyed since 2020

Pothole repairs doubled to 1,640 in a single year

37,308 potholes in one year — RED C roads doubled since 2020

87% of the network has no SCANNER survey data

31% of B/C roads flagged amber for maintenance

One in four residential roads in RED condition

AMBER on all four scorecards — B/C RED roads up 45%

Planning 7,500 repairs, +46% spike

48% surge despite £17m investment

83% increase despite more spending

B/C roads in RED doubled to 10.6% in 2024

13% of 1,150km of residential roads in RED condition

RED on spend — 22% of U-roads in RED condition

Strategic bus-route RED more than doubled in 2024

29% of U-roads in RED — nearly double since 2020

31.8% of U-roads RED — nearly doubled since 2020

AMBER on every measure — RED U-roads up 64% in two years

U-road RED up from 8% to 12% — PFI hides the spend data

18% of residential roads now in RED condition

25% of U-roads RED — up from 11% in 2019/20