Online vans ’ruin roads’

ONLINE shopping vans are wearing out local roads, councils claim.

The distance travelled by light goods vehicles is up almost 20% since 2011, while average speeds on A roads have dropped 4% since 2014, says the Local Government Association.

Tackling the cost of congestion and repair bills “must be a national priority”, the LGA insists.

It wants councils to get two pence a litre of existing fuel duty for road upkeep, or around £1billion a year.