The process of keeping public roads in a state of good repair.
‘York council has overspent on highway maintenance’
‘half a billion pounds has been cut from its highways maintenance budget’
‘The latest nationwide figures for the cost of repairing potholes come from a survey of all local authorities with highway maintenance responsibility.’
‘The claims follow the publication of an inspection report carried out on highway maintenance throughout the city.’
‘The council has been able to re-allocate £450,000 from the insurance budget to highway maintenance.’
‘The successful bidder is likely to get a lucrative seven-year highways maintenance contract.’
‘The poll was commissioned to find out the public's perceptions of Essex's highway maintenance service.’
‘Some targets in highway maintenance have been missed.’
‘He has begun a highway maintenance apprenticeship near his home in east London.’
‘The highways maintenance manager said the county's fleet of gritters had been at work last night.’
‘He was appointed county surveyor of Surrey in 1908, again supervising the modernization of the system of highway maintenance.’
‘He said he would encourage anyone whose car is damaged as a result of poor highway maintenance to seek compensation.’
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