- ITV Report
Council defend D&G roads following damning report
Roads in Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders have been slammed in a new report by the country's spending watchdog.
Figures from Audit Scotland's 'Maintaining Scotland's Roads' put both Dumfries and Galloway Council and Scottish Borders Council at the bottom of maintenance league tables.
They show that in 2014/15, the percentage of roads in an 'acceptable' condition in Dumfries and Galloway was lower than 50 percent, and was the second worst in the entire country.
Dumfries and Galloway responded to the report, saying the percentage of roads requiring repair has reduced since 2014: