Liberal Democrats achieve faster, better road repairs
March 20, 2006 6:06 PM
Lib Dem Ernest Baidoo-Mitchell in one of the recently-resurfaced roads
The Lib Dems' 2002 manifesto promised that potholes and other road repairs would be dealt with promptly. Since Labour lost power in Lambeth in May 2002 the Lib Dems have been successfully pushing to tackle Labour's under-investment in roads and pavements. Over the last four years we've got £16.7 million to be invested in responsive and planned maintenance. The budget for responsive maintenance (i.e. for potholes and cracked pavings) is now an incredible six times what it was under Labour, and the time it takes for such repairs to be dealt with has been halved.
In total 37km of borough roads (29.2km council-funded and 7.8km TfL-funded) and 15.4km of pavement have been resurfaced around Lambeth.
Not only are thousands more potholes being filled, but extra funding for road repairs means that rather than getting to 40 millimetres deep before being filled, potholes are now being filled when they are only 25mm deep. What's more, every road is now inspected every quarter by the council's four dedicated inspectors, leading to defects being picked up and dealt with sooner. Under Labour residents were lucky if their road was inspected once a year. In addition, the time taken to repair a pothole or footway trip from when it was reported has now fallen from 4 weeks to14 days.
The improvement in the condition of roads and pavements as a result of this extra investment means the number of insurance claims against the council resulting from road and pavement accidents has fallen from 617 in 2001 under Labour to 250 in 2004.
In the north of Lambeth (Bishops, Princes, Vassall and Oval wards) Lib Dems have got Lambeth to resurface 2.2km of roads and 0.6km of pavement since 2002. In Labour's last year in control they did no road resurfacing in North Lambeth. The following borough roads have been resurfaced since 2002: -
2001/02 - Labour's last year in control
No resurfacing
2002-06
Bowling Green Street, Oval ward - 207 metres
Goding Street, Prince's ward - 265 metres
Kennington Oval, Oval ward - 462 metres
St Oswald's Place, Prince's ward - 203 metres
Aveline Street, Prince's ward - 116 metres
Brangton Road, Prince's ward - 65 metres
Halsmere Road, Vassall ward - 179 metres
Handforth Road, Oval ward - 198 metres
Heyford Avenue, Oval ward - 205 metres
Loughborough Street, Prince's ward - 164 metres
Tyers Terrace, Prince's ward - 123 metres
Wynyards Terrace, Prince's ward - 51 metres
Total length - 2,238 metres
In addition, pavements in Walnut Tree Walk and Kennington Road (Cosser Street to Hercules Road) have been resurfaced.
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