Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Public ' dissatisfied "with UK roads"

Public satisfaction with the British conditions continued in 2009, fall according to the latest report by the institution of civil engineers (ICE).

According to the group in the third quarter, only 54% of people report on attitudes to public services are satisfied with the State of British roads and motorways.

This is 62% at the beginning of the year and 58% in the second Quartal.Es is the third consecutive quarterly drop.

The ICE report placed the public's confidence in the streets below in other key public services, such as drinking water and sanitation (84%), waste and disposal (74%), domestic electricity and gas supply (73%), public transport (64%), providing the flood defenses (63%).

Garbage and waste as the primary area that most of the road network in second place will receive investments, placed despite these respondents 1,009 ICE members for the report.

February a report saw an epidemic of potholes after freezing weather caused to open many thousands of 'gaping wounds' of Britain's Straßennetz.Im April claiming you are costing motorists £ 1 million per day.

ICE Director Tom Foulkes, said: "financing for maintenance quick fix reactive work only focus on rare deals the underlying cause of the damage and will tend to fail to extend the life of the street."

"It's also expensive as it usually needs to be repeated regularly."

"The focus must be on scheduled preventative maintenance programs to offer better value for money."

The asphalt Industry Alliance's ALARM survey estimated that a catch-up programme to all network problems resolve every local authority in England £ 58,2 m, while it fell would cost to 38.3 million pounds for each authority London and 22.3 million pounds for those in Wales.


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