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An Audit Scotland report published yesterday calls on the Scottish Government to consider a national review of how Scotland’s road network is managed and maintained.

The report also says key routes should be prioritised and services may need to be redesigned. It suggests that there may be room for more flexibility in how staff and machinery are deployed.

Despite high levels of overall spending on public services, the condition of Scotland’s roads worsened over the past six years. In 2010 only 63% of roads were in an acceptable condition and the cost of the maintenance backlog increased to £2.25 billion, £1 billion more than in 2004.

During the financial year 2009/10, £654 million was spent on maintaining roads (£162million went on trunk roads and £492 million on local roads).

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