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Against this background, it comes as no surprise
that the 2016 Report on Motoring found that a third
of drivers (32%) think that the maintenance of local
roads should be top priority for local and national
government transport investment (up from 30% in
2015). Four in every five motorists (80%) think this
should be a top-five priority.
70
%
of motorists support targeted
improvements to local roads
saying this should be a top-
five priority
16
%
average drop in road
maintenance funding claimed
by local authority highways
departments in England
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3.0 The state of our roads