Crap Towns / Scottish Borders / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Scottish Borders?
In 2025-26, 40% of Scottish Borders council's A roads, 39% of its B and C roads and 48% 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 33%, 42% and 57%.
The Borders got its railway back, as far as Tweedbank. The roads are still waiting.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 33% | 42% | 57% |
| 2016-17 | 34% | 43% | 56% |
| 2017-18 | 38% | 45% | 57% |
| 2018-19 | 38% | 42% | 52% |
| 2019-20 | 37% | 41% | 54% |
| 2020-21 | 37% | 39% | 52% |
| 2021-22 | 35% | 35% | 49% |
| 2022-23 | 35% | 36% | 51% |
| 2023-24 | 37% | 37% | 48% |
| 2024-25 | 40% | 39% | 49% |
| 2025-26 | 40% | 39% | 48% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumfries and Galloway | 33% | 39% | 57% |
| Scottish Borders | 40% | 39% | 48% |
| Midlothian | 25% | 27% | 37% |
| East Lothian | 26% | 28% | 34% |
| City of Edinburgh | 25% | 26% | 33% |
| West Lothian | 29% | 39% | 31% |
| Across Scotland | 30% | 33% | 36% |