Roads repair bill 'more than £120 million'

Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer says it will take well over £120 million to repair all the Island's roads - but he can't be sure about the total figure.

He was quizzed about his department's road monitoring programme by North Douglas MHK David Ashford in the House of Keys this week.

Mr Harmer said budgets were tight and the department couldn't carry out as much maintenance and repair work as he'd like.

Mr Ashford said the last estimate five years ago was that it would take £120 million to fix every problem - Mr Harmer agreed: