"Martin" wrote...
K wrote:
Bob Hobden writes
The Gov't don't want people driving 4x4s, if they don't improve the
roads and spend serious money totally resurfacing them, we will all
find them a necessity just to get around.

The Gov't are directly responsible only for the motorways and a few
trunk roads. All the rest are the responsibility of the local
authorities.

The majority of which are not controlled by the Labour Party. The same
people
are responsible for high local taxation and over paid council officials.

The fact is this Gov't has been diverting some County Council's share of the
Tax Revenue to other Councils and projects, so in Surrey the roads suffer
because the money isn't there.
County don't get all their funds from local taxes they get an annual share
from the Treasury but this Govn't has tinkered with the share-out, I'm told,
favouring other areas of the country.

That said, the whole country's roads are in such a bad state the Annual
Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey states....

"The 2009 ALARM Survey is the 14th to be published and reports that £8.5
billion is now needed to bring the roads of England and Wales up to scratch.
Local authorities relate that they still only receive around half of the
road maintenance budgets they need, resulting in a backlog of up to 13
years."

http://www.asphaltindustryalliance.com/alarm.asp


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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK