One councillor said the state of the roads was 'no longer a laughing matter'
A councillor and keen cyclist says the state of roads in North Northamptonshire makes him and other riders feel they are taking their lives in their hands every they venture on them. Coun Martyn Reuby, the deputy leader of Corby Town Council, appealed to North Northamptonshire Council at a meeting on Thursday to improve its network.
Coun Graham Lawman, NNC’s executive member for highways, travel and assets, said its budget for road improvements was “limited and not enough to catch up, let alone improve the position”. Its government grant of £3.8m is far below the £8.1m that it was told it would need to keep roads at a “steady state” in 2021.
Labour’s Coun Alison Dalziel handed a petition to NNC's executive signed by more than 2,000 people asking for road improvements. She also proposed a motion that NNC asked its contractor Kier to develop a “comprehensive action plan" to improve roads, which she asked to be submitted to its executive in July.
"At best the roads are like a moth-eaten patchwork quilt. At their worst they are a total eyesore, full of deep craters, dangerous to drivers and other road users alike.”
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