Crap Towns / Highland / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Highland?
In 2025-26, 31% of Highland council's A roads, 39% of its B and C roads and 43% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across Scotland the figures were 30%, 33% and 36%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 27%, 37% and 46%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 27% | 37% | 46% |
| 2016-17 | 29% | 38% | 43% |
| 2017-18 | 29% | 38% | 44% |
| 2018-19 | 29% | 39% | 42% |
| 2019-20 | 31% | 39% | 40% |
| 2020-21 | 30% | 38% | 44% |
| 2021-22 | 26% | 37% | 41% |
| 2022-23 | 26% | 37% | 41% |
| 2023-24 | 29% | 41% | 41% |
| 2024-25 | 30% | 41% | 41% |
| 2025-26 | 31% | 39% | 43% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyll and Bute | 38% | 53% | 48% |
| Highland | 31% | 39% | 43% |
| Inverclyde | 17% | 35% | 36% |
| Moray | 25% | 20% | 35% |
| Perth and Kinross | 41% | 36% | 33% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 22% | 30% | 31% |
| Aberdeenshire | 22% | 18% | 27% |
| Orkney Islands | 35% | 25% | 24% |
| Across Scotland | 30% | 33% | 36% |