direct to your inboxRochdale council is to bring the job of fixing potholes and keeping roads in decent condition back ‘in house’.The authority is ditching contractor Balfour Beatty in a move it claims will give it more ‘control and flexibility’ over how it carries out the ‘vital service'The decision means the company will stop performing highways maintenance for the council when its contract ends in March next year.‘Key functions’ set to come back under direct control of the local authority include the following:The newsletter that brings Manchester's political news, investigations - and a bit of gossip - straight to youSign up to our Manchester Memo newsletter to keep abreast of the major political issues of the week – and a few of the.
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