{"id":698354,"date":"2026-01-15T20:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/698354\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:02:12","slug":"map-rates-how-good-each-council-is-at-fixing-potholes-southwark-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/698354\/","title":{"rendered":"Map rates how good each council is at fixing potholes \u2013 Southwark News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new map allows you to see how good each local authority in England is at fixing potholes, with each one rated using a traffic light system. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Southwark has been rated Amber meaning it has \u2018room for improvement\u2019. <\/p>\n

Most of London has been rated Amber, although Lewisham was the only inner London local authority to receive a Green rating which is good. <\/p>\n

Greenwich was rated Red (bad) alongside Kensington and Chelsea.<\/p>\n

The ratings show\u00a0how effectively each of England\u2019s 154 highway authorities are fixing potholes and investing in preventative measures to maintain their road network in the long term.<\/p>\n

Those that scored Green, like\u00a0Hillingdon and\u00a0Lewisham, were able to\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0they are following best practice such as investing in more long-term preventative measures rather than just patching\u00a0up potholes, while also\u00a0maintaining\u00a0good\u00a0road conditions and investing significantly into improving local roads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Amber\u2019 ranked\u00a0LHAs\u00a0showed some of these qualities with room for improvement in individual areas, while those rated red are not yet meeting the expected standards in one or several areas measured by the ratings such as the current state of the roads, their plans for preventing potholes or investment into maintaining their local roads more widely.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The map was published ahead of National Pothole Day (January 15) and after the government announced\u00a0\u00a3300 million\u00a0funding for London local authorities to fix potholes and invest in long term measures to\u00a0maintain\u00a0roads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On average the\u00a0average vehicle repair\u00a0bill from hitting potholes is around \u00a3320, with some motorists paying over \u00a31,000 last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The red, amber, green ratings are based on three key areas: the condition of local roads, how much\u00a0LHAs\u00a0are spending on road repairs, and whether they are following best practice in\u00a0maintaining\u00a0highways.<\/p>\n

To boost standards,\u00a0local highway authorities\u00a0(LHAs) currently rated red will receive dedicated support to bring them in line with best practices, backed by \u00a3300,000 worth of expert planning and capability\u00a0assistance. The support programme will include peer reviews where sector experts will help improve processes and\u00a0provide\u00a0practical advice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As an incentive to better roads, access to full future funding allocations will be linked to performance, ensuring\u00a0LHAs\u00a0are encouraged to get on with the job and use taxpayer money efficiently to repair and\u00a0maintain\u00a0their roads before potholes form.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To further ensure transparency from LHAs, 25%\u00a0of local highway authorities\u2019\u00a0\u00a3500 million funding uplift this financial year\u00a0was withheld until they published\u00a0transparency reports\u00a0and set out how they comply with best practice.\u00a0The withheld \u00a3125 million in funding was\u00a0unlocked\u00a0at the end of last year\u00a0by councils which successfully submitted their reports.<\/p>\n

And the government has also said it will extend\u00a0the Live Labs 2 programme for another year which allows local authorities to access innovative approaches to road maintenance including uptake of longer-lasting, low-carbon materials for repairing roads faster, more efficiently and far less often.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said:\u00a0\u201cFor too long drivers in\u00a0London\u00a0have paid the price because our roads were left to deteriorate. I have heard\u00a0time and again\u00a0their frustration on footing the bill because they hit a pothole \u2013 money they should never have to spend in the first\u00a0place.\u00a0
\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve\u00a0put our money where our mouth is, increasing the funding in\u00a0London\u00a0with\u00a0\u00a3300 million\u00a0to fix roads and given them the long-term certainty they have been asking for.\u00a0Now\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0over to them to spend the money wisely, and for the\u00a0first time we are making sure the public can see how well\u00a0local highway authorities\u00a0are doing in delivering the improvements they want to see in their local area.\u201d<\/p>\n

RAC head of policy Simon Williams said:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThese new ratings are a positive move that will help drivers understand how\u00a0councils are performing when it comes to improving the state of local roads. While there are examples of good road maintenance practice taking place, this\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0consistent across the country and means drivers have for too long been left with substandard roads.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope this initiative, plus the promise of longer-term funding for\u00a0councils to allow them to plan and carry out much-needed preventative maintenance, means we\u2019re finally on the way to having smoother, better roads.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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