Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Doncaster Free Press, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Worse still, one in every five miles of the local road network – equivalent to almost 3,400 miles – are reported to have less than five years’ structural life remaining. The backlog nationally has reached almost £17 billion, whilst the government has only committed £1.
6 billion to resurface local roads. Advertisement Advertisement Responding, Chairman of Reform UK Doncaster Irwen Martin said: “These shocking figures will come as no surprise to drivers in Doncaster and beyond. Whilst taxpayer cash is being wasted at the council offices our roads are getting worse and worse.
“Government action on this barely touches the sides of the pothole epidemic that plagues roads across Doncaster. By cutting council waste and reinvesting in basic public services, including road resurfacing, Reform will fix Doncaster’s roads.”.
