'Roads need urgent attention and footpaths are a shambles' | Braintree and Witham Times
Potholes are proving a serious problem With our roads littered with potholes and our footways unsafe, readers may be surprised to hear that Conservative-controlled Essex County Council has £986,000 of underspend on road and footway maintenance across the county, as seen at the last cabinet meeting. Abbots Road, Butt Road, Military Road, East Street; just a few roads I can name that need urgent attention, while footpaths around the town centre are still a shambles, despite me reporting time and again as the county councillor for the town centre. Now we know why. The county blames Covi...