Extract from Transport Select Committee statement on Local Roads: Funding and Maintenance - Jul 4
Friday, 5 July 2019 07:39
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Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):...Local authorities must
compensate motorists for damage to vehicles resulting from poor
road conditions, and the cost of doing so has risen dramatically in
recent years. Kwik Fit has estimated that the damage caused to
vehicles from potholes in 2017 cost £915 million to repair, an
increase of more than a third on the repair bill in 2016. Based on
its share of Britain’s car insurance market, the AA has
estimated that 3,500 claims had...Request free trial
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