Library
Our library contains documents held on the Improvement Service site together with links to documents held externally. A list of websites which also hold publications and information useful to those working in local government is available in our Information Sources section.
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Transport and Roads
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This Audit Commission report looks at how councils can maintain or improve their roads with less money. The report assesses spending on the roads network across England including spending on construction, street lighting, road safety and winter services. It discusses the strategies councils should consider to increase the value for money of their spending on roads, and offers practical suggestions for councils to increase the value for money of their road maintenance works including cost-saving collaborations with neighbours, asset management to show when road maintenance will be most effective, new ways of keeping residents informed, and weighing short-term repairs against long-term resilience. The report also includes a series of case studies which demonstrate how some councils have developed strategies that balance growing service demands with reducing resources.
