Better funding of pothole repairs and road maintenance.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a team in each council, dedicated to pothole repairs and road maintenance, where each adopted road is robustly checked, at least annually, resulting in no pothole of 40mm depth or more being present for over a year. Uncomfortable roads that pop tyres shouldn’t be of present day.

The roads in the UK are a public right of passage where the Government receives both a road and petrol tax, amongst other forms of
taxation, from all UK vehicle owners. This money is then channeled into a central
fund for all public spenditure where not enough is being done to ensure road maintenance. The UK needs a shift from reactive pothole repair to preventative asset management that isn’t fragmented, and based on a postcode lottery.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

What you are asking for is a matter for local rather than central government. We do have some pothole-related petitions open - this (link below) is one which you may perhaps wish to sign:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&q=potholes

You may also be interested in this recent Government announcement:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/councils-face-new-rules-for-spending-pothole-funding-or-risk-losing-their-cash

Timeline

14 Mar 2026	Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Apr 2026

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