Shoddy resurfacing work costs £218m

Taxpayers are forking out more than £200 million a year to repair street surfaces which are poorly relaid by utility companies' contractors after roadworks, according to research.

The Local Government Association (LGA) said councils in England and Wales have to redo some 340,000 shoddy resurfacing jobs a year - 17% of all private companies' roadworks - at a total cost of £218 million to the taxpayer.
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