article_snippet: One in six roads are still in poor condition despite more potholes being filled in, with more than £12 billion needed to sort out repairs, a new study has revealed.
article_snippet: Emergency funding by the Government after last year's floods helped drive a 33% increase in pothole repairs, but there has been no reduction in the amount needed to bring the network in England and Wales up to scratch, said a report.
article_snippet: One in six roads are still in poor condition despite more potholes being filled in, with more than £12 billion needed to sort out repairs, a new study has revealed .
article_snippet: Alan Mackenzie, chairman of the AIA, said: 'The Government's emergency funding for pothole and flood repair following last year's wet winter has clearly contributed to the trends reported in this year's survey. '
article_snippet: So, while we understand that the Department for Transport is promoting permanent repairs, the point remains that money would be better spent preventing potholes forming in the first place. '
article_snippet: Peter Box, transport spokesman at the Local Government Association, said: 'Councils fixed more potholes than ever before last year - one every 15 seconds - despite spiralling multi-million pound compensation costs and funding cuts.
article_snippet: Professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation, said: 'Back in 2010 the top transport priority amongst voters was filling in the potholes.
article_snippet: Five years later and an RAC Foundation poll shows fixing our roads and pavements remains the public's number one concern. '
highlights_snippet: One in six roads are still in poor shape even after millions of potholes fixed .
  