The Welsh Government has confirmed works on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road will finish this summer, 23 years after they started.

With local authorities spending millions every year in maintainig roads and filling potholes, Tarmac’s Brian Kent examines sustainable solutions that can help fixing the problem in the long-term.

Highway departments estimate that it would take an average of 11 years to get local roads across England and Wales “into a reasonable steady state”, a new report shows.

The Welsh government has recommitted itself to a pause on road building.

The Department for Transport (DfT) and National Highways face “difficult decisions” in prioritising road enhancement projects amid rising costs, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.