Rejected petition Spend Road Tax on repairing roads.

It is costing insurers and drivers fortunes to repair tyres, wheels and suspensions due to poorly repaired roads. It is time to properly resurface roads & end the constant potholes suffered.

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Spend the fortune paid by motorists in vehicle excise duty on road repairs, potholes and proper resurfacing

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

The Government has already announced the from 2020 VED will be ringfenced for the National Road Fund. You can find out more here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/757950/roads-funding-information-pack.pdf

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Date submitted 5 March 2020
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