Only 3% of England’s local roads receive maintenance15/04/2025 RAC analysis of official government figures has shown 97% of England’s 183,054-mile local road network received no maintenance of any kind throughout 2023/24. |
RAC issues safety warning over obscured signs07/06/2024 More than half of motorists say obscured signs are a frequent occurrence on their journeys, according to a survey by the RAC. |
Not so fast: Government adrift on SRN charge point goal02/01/2024 The Government has missed its target of having six or more rapid or ultra-rapid electric vehicle chargers at every motorway service area in England by the end of 2023, the RAC has said. |
RAC calls for yellow box review as councils plan enforcement03/05/2023 There are ‘issues’ with 90% of the yellow boxes that councils are proposing to enforce under new powers, with more than half directly contravening government guidance, according to the RAC. |
RAC says pothole-related breakdowns up 39%28/04/2023 The RAC has said its patrols assisted 10,000 drivers with pothole-related breakdowns in the first three months of the year, a 39% increase on the same period a year ago. |
Hunt 'set to move towards road pricing'16/11/2022 The RAC has called a suggestion that the chancellor is set to put forward proposals towards a system of road pricing a potential ‘landmark moment’ in the way drivers are taxed. |
RAC slams councils over pothole repair quality11/11/2022 Six in 10 drivers believe the condition of the local roads they use regularly is worse than a year ago, with almost as many (55%) saying the standard of pothole repairs is ‘poor’, according to the latest RAC annual survey. |
RAC warns over yellow box guidance01/04/2022 The RAC has called on the Government to improve its guidance to councils on yellow box junctions to avoid thousands of drivers being wrongly fined. |
Most drivers want all lane running scrapped, new survey shows15/09/2021 Public confidence in all-lane-running (ALR) smart motorway schemes appears to be collapsing, with 84% of drivers believing that safety is compromised by the permanent removal of the hard shoulder. |
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