Crap Towns / South Cambridgeshire / Road condition
How bad are the roads in South Cambridgeshire?
South Cambridgeshire council doesn't look after its roads: Cambridgeshire County Council does. In 2025-26, 3% of Cambridgeshire County Council's A roads, 7% of its B and C roads and 7% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across England the figures were 4%, 6% and 16%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 2%, 6% and 33%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2% | 6% | 33% |
| 2016-17 | 3% | 6% | 22% |
| 2017-18 | 3% | 6% | 27% |
| 2018-19 | 3% | 6% | 28% |
| 2019-20 | 3% | 7% | 29% |
| 2020-21 | 3% | 7% | 33% |
| 2021-22 | – | – | – |
| 2022-23 | 5% | 12% | 19% |
| 2023-24 | 6% | 14% | 21% |
| 2024-25 | 7% | 16% | 22% |
| 2025-26 | 3% | 7% | 7% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk County Council | 6% | 6% | 22% |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 3% | 5% | 18% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 2% | 3% | 13% |
| Essex County Council | 4% | 3% | 10% |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 3% | 7% | 7% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |