Dozens of miles of Bermuda’s roads have fallen into a state of disrepair after maintenance budgets were repeatedly slashed.And Government targets of resurfacing ten kilometres of roadway each year have rarely been met in almost two decades, according to the Department of Public Works.Problems began when Government’s own asphalt manufacturing plant was put out of action in the late 1990s. It was not replaced until 2004, during which time Government had to buy in asphalt from private firms.A Public Works spokesman told The Royal Gazette: “Typically during this period the Ministry ended up surfacing less than ten kilometres per year. This loss was never caught up.“In addition in the last couple of years due to budgetary constraints it was only possible to resurface six kilometres of road which again is less than the standard ten kilometres. “Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz did not say exactly how much of Bermuda’s 200 kilometre-network of roads is now in poor condition, but the figure could be as high as 30 percent.Acknowledging that the Ministry was facing “challenges”, Mr Moniz said he hoped that at least ten kilometres of road would be resurfaced this year.The Ministry spokesman added: “There are several roads that had trenches placed on them that have not been possible to resurface earlier and this tends to give a bad impression to the condition of the road.“There are certain roads that will be prioritised — main routes that have bus routes. A couple of roads would have been resurfaced earlier if it had not been necessary for utility work to take place first. An example of this is South Road through east Paget and Devonshire.”