“Yes,” agreed the taxi driver taking me home, “we’re finally on the road to recovery”. The RAC says road surfaces have started to resemble “the surface of the Moon” and some 52 drivers a day need rescuing after hitting holes. Research suggests the true cost of the UK’s pothole problem is £10bn. Councils insist they have been working hard to repair roads and are “filling a pothole every 19 seconds”. It’s time for a long-term plan and to put our hellish highways on the road to recovery.

Source: Daily Mirror May 08, 2021 16:25 UTC