County Council Budget 2011: Road Repairs

At the Full Council meeting held on the 15th February the Conservative-Controlled County Council approved, despite Liberal Democrat objections, a new budget for road maintenance that is an effective cut of £1.4M a year.

Commenting on this proposal, the cabinet member for Highways, Councillor Mac McGuire (CON: Norman Cross), publicly stated that he expects Cambridgeshire’s roads to ".. continue to deterioriate in future".

Given the current, very poor, state of the roads in Cambridge (especially Milton and King's Hedges) it's disappointing news that the level of spending is set to decrease even further.

By contrast the Lib Dems’ alternative budget proposed to invest an additional £10M in our roads, to stop the current deterioration in our infrastructure.

Kilian Bourke, the Lib Dem transport spokesman, said: "The Tories have allowed our roads to deteriorate for years, and now we learn that they are planning to let this continue."

"This is what happens when money is wasted on cheap patch-up repairs that come out every year. We would put a stop to this by investing £10M in proper structural work on our roads."

If you are aware of any problems with the Highways in King's Hedges you can report them here (courtesy of Fix My Street).