The UK’s pothole crisis has prompted calls for the Government to increase funding to fix the roads in the autumn Budget. The Asphalt Industry Alliance estimate that £16.43bn is needed to clear the pothole repair backlog alone in England and Wales. Prior to the July general election, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh pledged that Labour would redirect the £8.3bn from the scrapped West Midlands to Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line to fix up to a million potholes a year. However, nothing has been mentioned post-election regarding the state of the UK’s roads. Almost half a million cars…