For the first time, people in Milton Keynes can see how well the city council is tackling potholes, resurfacing roads and restoring pride to the area.
The new traffic light rating system is published by the Government, grading 154 local highway authorities as red, amber or green based on how effectively they are fixing potholes and investing in preventative measures to maintain their road network in the long term.
The ratings range from green (highest) through amber to red (lowest). They measure how well each highway authority is maintaining its local roads and are based on three areas:
- the current condition of local roads
- how much each highway authority is spending on maintaining its local roads
- how effectively each highway authority follows best practice in highways maintenance - for example by using technologies to fix and prevent potholes more efficiently
Milton Keynes has received an overall rating of amber.
The ratings are supported by three scorecards that measure authorities’ performance in each of these three areas, and based on data from official statistics and data from the transparency reports that authorities had to publish on their websites.
“For too long drivers in the South East 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," said Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, “We’ve put our money where our mouth is, increasing the funding in the South East with £1.5 billion 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," she added,
“This Government’s record
