Cycling Weekly's War on Potholes: Cycling UK urge ‘long term approach’ to tackling issue

Campaigning charity also urges for cycling infrastructure to be included in road maintenance funding

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A “holistic and long term approach” is needed in order to tackle potholes and road maintenance issues in the UK, the cycling charity Cycling UK has urged.

Speaking to Cycling Weekly after the launch of our “War on Potholes” last week, Duncan Dollimore, Cycling UK’s head of campaigns, said on Monday: “What's happening is defects on some roads that require long term repair and maintenance is happening on a stopgap basis, that's not cost effective long term. 

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