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  "textContent": "Local roads in England and Wales face a record repair bill of £18.62bn, according to the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (Alarm) survey, which warns that it would take more than a decade to clear the backlog even with recently upped funding commitments.\n\nThe post ‘Plague of potholes’ sees local road maintenance backlog near £19bn despite funding change appeared first on New Civil Engineer.",
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