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Jan
New map highlights North Yorkshire's pothole performance
A new interactive map has rated how well North Yorkshire Council is maintaining the county’s road.
The Department for Transport revealed the map, which rates 154 of the country’s highways authorities on a traffic light system, today (January 12).
Ministers said the move to publish performances of each area on road conditions was to highlight best practice and drive improvement from councils.
The red, amber, green ratings are based on three key areas: the condition of local roads, how much authorities are spending on road repairs and whether they are following best practice in maintaining highways.
Currently, North Yorkshire is rated as amber meaning it has a mixed performance. You can view the full map here.
By comparison, neighbouring Leeds and Darlington are both highlighted as green — the highest rating.
Heidi Alexander, transport secretary, said:
For too long drivers in Yorkshire and the Humber have paid the price because our roads were left to deteriorate. I have heard time and again their frustration on footing the bill because they hit a pothole – money they should never have to spend in the first place.
We’ve put our money where our mouth is, increasing the funding in Yorkshire and the Humber with £500 million to fix roads and given them the long-term certainty they have been asking for. Now it’s over to them to spend the money wisely, and for the first time we are making sure the public can see how well local highway authorities are doing in delivering the improvements they want to see in their local area.
The government said as an incentive, access to full future funding allocations will be linked to performance on road conditions.
It comes after the government backed local highways authorities with a £7.3 billion multi-year investment to improve the condition of roads.
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