UK road repairs a 'concern with bosses'

As the Norwegian Public Roads Administration plans to spend E25 billion on roads from 2010-19 (a large share will go for maintenance), UK contractor bosses claim that a lack of adequate government funding to repair roads is a greater threat to the future of UK road infrastructure than climate change.
July 6, 2012 Read time: 1 min
As the Norwegian Public Roads Administration plans to spend E25 billion on roads from 2010-19 (a large share will go for maintenance), UK contractor bosses claim that a lack  of adequate government funding to repair roads is a greater threat to the future of UK road infrastructure than climate change.

2399 Tarmac polled chief executives and chairmen of the UK's largest contractors, and 75% cited inadequate road repair funding as their biggest concern, with 23% believing that the increased risk of flooding due to climate change was the biggest threat.

However, the survey found one of the biggest fears about the impact of climate change for 75% of respondents was the rising cost of developing or using energy efficient products, although the same number revealed they had appointed a sustainability champion in their company.

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