How the highways market is split

摘要

Roads represent a major part of UK infrastructure spending, which has suffered from budget restrictions for several years. However, the government is showing signs of recognising the need to invest more in road building and other transport projects, and recent poor winters have generated some extra funding for maintenance - with a strong focus on mending potholes, which has become a contentious issue at a local political level. There is a complex structure of responsibility for maintenance of highways in the UK. In England, motorways and major trunk roads are managed by Highways England, while the rest of the road network is managed by various classes of local authorities, who either undertake the work with direct works teams or award contracts to contractors to undertake the work on their behalf.