It will take 73 years to resurface all of Plymouth roads if the city council continues working at its current pace, it has been claimed.

Conservative councillors said the authority was falling short of meeting its statutory responsibility to maintain the highway network and going for cheaper fixes rather than long term solutions.

At a full council meeting this week, there was unanimous support for investigating a change of approach to improve the standard of highways in the city and proactively repair more potholes.

The notice on motion was proposed by Cllr Chris Wood (Con, Eggbuckland) who said according to the council’s local highways maintenance transparency report it had resurfaced just 7.5 miles of road on average each year since 2020.

“At our current rate of resurfacing it will t

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