Cost of mending our pothole-pocked roads nears record £17,000,000,000

Wheel-crunching potholes are a growing problem on the UK’s roads (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP)It could cost almost £17 billion to sort out the ‘pothole plague’ bursting tyres and battering suspension across the road network in England and Wales.Damage levels are reaching crisis point, with the the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) reporting one in six miles of road could crumble away within five years.Nearly two-thirds of people who answered a survey from the AIA said the qual