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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Percentage of local authority road network in poor condition by road type and year
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[Collapse]Wales3.74.215.03.74.314.13.94.514.0
WalesIsle of Anglesey2.33.210.12.94.28.92.93.88.7
Gwynedd3.53.915.23.23.814.13.33.914.5
Conwy3.14.315.73.54.314.43.95.815.4
Denbighshire2.75.810.52.75.110.23.44.78.2
Flintshire1.51.35.01.41.35.31.71.45.8
Wrexham2.42.818.52.42.416.33.32.616.2
Powys3.65.524.43.95.723.03.95.321.6
Ceredigion4.23.019.44.43.117.54.73.517.3
Pembrokeshire5.44.47.75.45.27.24.85.68.9
Carmarthenshire4.33.511.64.13.111.95.24.212.5
Swansea3.25.06.83.24.56.74.15.16.9
Neath Port Talbot4.12.45.44.52.95.35.23.34.9
Bridgend5.23.38.94.54.28.64.03.98.0
Vale of Glamorgan5.94.211.26.54.210.56.34.19.7
Cardiff3.47.16.93.75.66.03.54.75.8
Rhondda Cynon Taf5.75.910.25.26.26.24.96.53.0
Merthyr Tydfil3.28.65.23.37.54.13.66.24.1
Caerphilly4.33.78.74.63.67.33.93.46.6
Blaenau Gwent2.35.16.42.65.66.12.65.65.5
Torfaen1.74.26.02.14.35.32.54.85.1
Monmouthshire2.14.38.02.44.97.72.74.77.3
Newport2.64.26.92.64.47.12.34.26.9

Metadata

Title

Percentage of local authority road network in poor condition.

Last update

August 2019 August 2019

Next update

July 2020

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Road condition data collection, Local Government Data Unit

Designation

National Statistics

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Road Condition Local Authority

General description

Local Authorities, as the local highway authority, are responsible for County A roads, B and C roads and minor surfaced roads that they have adopted. They are responsible for more than 33,000 kilometres of the road network.

Data collection and calculation

Based on inspection of the road surface using machine based SCANNER surveys. The figures for this indicator represent the percentage of the road network length that is equal to or above the RED threshold; that is in poor overall condition.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2011-12 to 2018-19