potholes

Summer heat brings pothole issue to the boil

14/08/2025

The AA has argued that the summer heat could be exacerbating issues with potholes by weakening road surfaces after a spike in pothole-related callouts.

Kent left 'frustrated' at crossroads of new campaign

13/08/2025

Kent County Council has sent mixed messages by allocating almost half of the funds for its road transformation plan towards reactive repairs, despite a headline focus on preventative maintenance.

Kent sends mixed messages on new road campaign

01/08/2025

Kent County Council has expressed frustration to Highways that it has been forced to allocate the lion’s share of a £67m investment into reactive road repairs and not preventative measures.

Devon launches pothole ‘blitz’ trial

26/06/2025

Councillors in Devon have decided to carry out a ‘repair blitz’ by filling all potholes in designated trial areas, rather than focussing on safety defects.

£25m for maintenance on major Welsh roads

09/05/2025

A £25m refurbishment programme to repair thousands of potholes on some of Wales’ major roads has been approved.

Surrey gets ahead of the pothole game with switch to AI

15/01/2025

Surrey County Council is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to move away from manual inspections and solely use video and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to log potholes.

Motoring groups see bumpy picture on pothole repairs

15/01/2025

Motoring organisations have reported a mixed picture of ‘pothole-related’ call-outs last year.

Admiral claims new rise in pothole damage

14/01/2025

The number of pothole claims made to a top insurer last year was 14% higher than in 2023 and nearly three times the number in 2016, new data shows.

Battle of the pothole repair machines is score draw

14/01/2025

Gloucestershire County Council has completed its trial of four different pothole-filling machines declaring that they ‘all have their strengths’.

Battle of the pothole repair machines is score draw

13/01/2025

Gloucestershire County Council has completed its trial of four different pothole-filling machines declaring that they ‘all have their strengths’.

Govt confirms £1.6bn for local roads but new incentives leave uncertainty

20/12/2024

Ministers have confirmed an extra £500m for local road maintenance in England next year but a quarter of the cash will be held back on the basis of an incentive process that has yet to be worked out.

Pothole claims double in a year

21/11/2024

The number of pothole compensation claims to councils has more than doubled in a year, new data has revealed.

Pothole-related breakdowns jump by 10,000

07/10/2024

The number of pothole-related breakdowns has increased by 10,000 compared to last year, according to the AA Pothole Index.

Safety warning as 75-year-old fills potholes

23/08/2024

A Scottish council has expressed health and safety and insurance concerns after a 75-year-old resident used gardening tools to fill in potholes outside her home.

App data 'suggests 11.5 million potholes in UK'

01/07/2024

There are five times more defects on British roads than previous estimates, according to data from a dashboard app that uses AI technology.

Lib Dem pothole cash ‘won’t scratch the surface’

20/06/2024

The Liberal Democrats have committed to spending £300m over the next Parliament to fill 1.2 million potholes a year.

DfT warns councils over resurfacing cash plans

10/04/2024

One in seven eligible highway authorities in England have failed to publish resurfacing plans by the Government's deadline.

Council responds to ‘Daventry Banksie’ pothole complaints

08/04/2024

West Northamptonshire Council has responded to an anti-pothole protester with a computer-generated image of a roadside sign laden with song titles.

Council sued after cyclist hits pothole

06/02/2024

Staffordshire County Council is facing legal action after the triathlete Paul Hughes hit a pothole while cycling breaking multiple bones and damaging a lung.

Councils 'have tightened pothole payout criteria'

05/02/2024

Compensation paid by councils for damage caused by potholes has fallen by more than a half, with some giving out ‘next to nothing’, according to a new analysis of official data.

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