Fix the LTFP, avoid early rebuilds, and fund smarter

What costs councils more than inflation? Poor information. When long‑term plans are built on gaps and guesswork, good roads get rebuilt early, weak links go unseen, and budgets drift away from what the network needs. The problem is not effort or intent. It is the absence of current, mapped condition data that finance, engineering, and works teams can trust. With clear evidence, timing improves, scope is right‑sized, and every dollar works harder.