FTA calls for more spending on roads.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Transport Select Committee recommendation that the Department of Transport publish an annual comparison of the planned and actual expenditure on road maintenance, along with details of road quality for each local authority.

The FTA believes this does not go far enough.

Heather Crocker, FTA's head of campaigns and parliamentary affairs, said: 'The association has become increasingly concerned that funds allocated for road maintenance are being spent, not on maintaining the road network to a high standard, but on temporary patch and mend solutions and increasing insurance and drainage claims.' Crocker also announced the FTA has welcomed another of the Committee's recommendation She added: Better information needs to be made available on the location and duration of roadworks so that industry can plan alternative routes to avoid delays and maximise efficiency.'