Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 25
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Road funding allocation formula does not consider road condition, traffic volume, or environmental factors.
Recommendation
The Department does not base funding allocation on other information, such as the condition of roads nor on factors that could have led to a deterioration in the condition of roads such as traffic volume, type of traffic or environmental factors.49 The Department told us that the current formula has the benefits of being simple, objective and based on stable data as road lengths do not change very much over time. 50 It also uses road type as a proxy for traffic, directing more money to the roads which are used more heavily (A roads) than others.51
Government Response
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