RAC calls for more local guidance as pothole patrols rise15/01/2024 RAC patrols attended nearly 30,000 pothole-related breakdowns over the course of 2023, up by a third (33%) on 2022 levels. |
National Pothole Day sees new reporting apps launched15/01/2024 To mark Pothole Day, Cycling UK has announced plans to launch a refreshed version of its pothole reporting tool, Fill That Hole. |
AIA: Give our Highways Heroes the support they need15/01/2021 Asphalt Industry Alliance chair Rick Green has sent a message to the sector for National Pothole Day, congratulating the 'heroes' of the roads industry and calling for more support from central government. |
National Pothole Day survey finds network in decline15/01/2021 A major survey taken to mark National Pothole Day has found that 81% of local authorities believe the pothole crisis has become worse over the last five years. |
National Pothole Day: Are we in crisis?14/01/2020 National Pothole Day 2020 saw campaigners call for £1.5bn more a year to tackle the local maintenance backlog and make the roads safer. |
UltraCrete to sponsor National Pothole Day 202022/11/2019 UltraCrete has teamed up with ‘Mr Pothole’ AKA Mark Morrell to promote National Pothole Day on Wednesday 15th January 2020. |
Happy Pothole Day! RSTA calls local roads ‘a national disgrace’08/03/2018 On the fourth annual National Pothole Day, a leading industry body has declared that potholes on local roads have gone from a local problem to ‘a national disgrace’. |
The Long Read: Closing the testing gap08/03/2018 To mark National Pothole day, David Smith, development director at FM Conway, looks at how material testing that simulates real-world conditions will support the sector to deliver a road network that’s fit for the 21st century. |
RSTA calls for action on National Pothole Day16/01/2017 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has put out a call for action to address the state of the UK's deteriorating local road network. |
Third National Pothole Day to take place04/01/2017 The UK’s third National Pothole Day will take place on 16 January 2017 with the public invited to highlight repair issues near them. |
Second National Pothole Day to take place11/01/2016 The UK’s second National Pothole Day will take place on Friday (15 January 2016). |
National Pothole Day receives industry backing15/01/2015 National Pothole Day is taking place today (Thursday 15 January) and has received wide support from the industry. |
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