'Going the distance - Achieving better value for money in road maintenance' looks at the challenges faced by the country's 152 council highways authorities.
England's 236,000 miles of local roads - used by 30 million drivers every day - are under attack from increasing traffic, severe winters, higher repair costs, and dwindling highways funding.
The report highlights how councils can get more for their money, including cost-saving collaborations with neighbours, asset management to show when road maintenance will be most effective, new ways of keeping residents informed, and weighing short-term repairs against long-term resilience.
It includes a series of case studies which demonstrate how some councils have developed strategies that balance growing service demands with reducing resources.