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662, asking the appropriate Senate committee to hold an inquiry on whether there is a need to standardize national and local road signs so they will conform to global benchmarks.

In July Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, left, unveiled plans to give English councils access to a multibillion-pound fund for local road schemes.

"This is just one part of our unprecedented investment in local road maintenance over the next five years.

Tagbilaran City -- Bohol's provincial government has crafted a comprehensive development plan for local roads.

Liz Mayes, North East region director at EEF, says: "Reliable and resilient local roads are a key enabler for more productive local economies and today's figures show a damaged network with a repair cost that is still stubbornly high.

Transport Minister Rosie Winterton said: "The Bill makes it absolutely clear that it is for local authorities not central government to decide whether local road charging is right for their areas and it also confirms that scheme revenues are for the local authority to spend on local transport even after the first 10 years of the scheme."

"Instead of wasting billions of pounds on motorway building schemes that will clog up our cities with more congestion and pollution, the Government could make a real difference to communities across the country by reversing the starvation of funding for the transport people use every day - including buses, cycling and local road maintenance."

Of that PS80m, PS25m has been awarded to 15 schemes to help tackle bottlenecks on the local road network.

At its Urban Logistics Conference the FTA published a summary paper which examined the 10 current prospective schemes which have been awarded grants in order to assess the viability of local road pricing or congestion schemes.

AIA chairman Colin Loveday said: "This survey demonstrates that there is a sound economic argument for properly funding local road maintenance as a key measure to help the economy emerge from recession.