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Rejected petition Improve our roads
Improve all roads up to a standard that should be acceptable.
In Birmingham for example, out of 10 roads visited (dual carriageways, single lane roads, urban roads and the M6) 7 out of 10 had some deep potholes, shallow potholes, surface deterioration, edge failure, cracking, rutting and subsidence
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Revenue received was £7.2billion in the 2023-24 tax year, £4.5billion spent on road maintenance, the £2.7billion difference was used to help fund education, health care and local councils (as per govt fg)
Vehicles on the road to date is 41.3 million
If the revenue is £7.2billion from road tax, that money should be allocated directly to improving and maintaining the roads and not spent as per the deficit. Thus a shortfall works on the roads not being completed hence the condition of the roads
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.
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You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, we could accept a petition calling on the Government to invest all Vehicle Excise Duty revenue in road maintenance, if that's what you'd like to happen.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/657142
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