Overview
- An interactive Department for Transport map rates all 154 English local highway authorities red, amber or green on road condition, spending and adoption of best practice.
- Thirteen authorities, including Bedford, Bolton and Suffolk, are flagged red, with most councils rated amber and a smaller group ranked green for strong preventative maintenance.
- Red-rated councils will receive targeted help through a £300,000 improvement programme featuring expert support and peer reviews.
- The DfT says future allocations will be linked to these ratings, following an earlier move to withhold a quarter of this year’s uplift until councils published transparency reports.
- Several councils challenged their scores or the data, with Bolton citing a reporting error, while groups such as the AA, RAC and British Cycling welcomed the transparency as a push toward permanent repairs.