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A council leader has admitted it would be “pretty much impossible” as it stands to get all of a county’s roads into good condition, in the face of an £800m maintenance backlog.
Cambridgeshire County Council’s network includes “soil-affected” roads – built on peat – that have buckled, which the authority has claimed can cost four times as much to repair as standard ones.
The council has proposed spending £58m on planned highways maintenance in 2026-27 – 7.25% of the backlog.
Speaking ahead of the budget being discussed at a full council meeting on Tuesday, the Liberal Democrat leader Lucy Nethsingha acknowledged “it’s not an acceptable position for residents of Cambridgeshire”.
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