Petition Government to invest 2p per litre of fuel duty to fix potholes on local roads.

Decades of under investment in local road maintenance has resulted in a maintenance bill of £12 billion yet the problem is getting worse as highway authorities reduce their maintenance spend each year. Investing 2p per litre of fuel duty would make an extra £1Bn available each year to resolve this.

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406 signatures

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 3 May 2017
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