RAC sees record third quarter 'pothole call-outs'10/11/2023 The RAC has dealt with the highest number of pothole-related breakdowns seen in any third quarter since its records began in 2006. |
Jam tomorrow? No dates for pothole cash05/10/2023 The Department for Transport has admitted it does not have a timescale for the billions of pounds for road resurfacing that it announced on the back of the decision to curtail HS2, suggesting that the claim may merely be a pre-announcement of future routine funding. |
Councils cut back on resurfacing and prevention13/09/2023 The number of miles of road in England resurfaced or given life-extending treatment is at its lowest point in five years, according to an analysis of government data by the RAC. |
Reinstate ringfencing for road repairs, MPs say13/09/2023 The All-Party Parliamentary Group for better roads has issued a report calling for the Government to restore ring-fencing and multi-year settlements for local road maintenance. |
Volker cleans up in Bath with 'road-by-road' strategy26/07/2023 VolkerHighways has fixed double the number of potholes in Bath and North East Somerset as during the whole of 2022, including using an ‘ultra eco-friendly’ thermal road repair system. |
Councils warned over £16m fake pothole claims09/06/2023 Insurance experts have warned councils over a rise in fake claims for damage to vehicles caused by potholes. |
RAC says pothole-related breakdowns up 39%28/04/2023 The RAC has said its patrols assisted 10,000 drivers with pothole-related breakdowns in the first three months of the year, a 39% increase on the same period a year ago. |
Pothole breakdowns hit record high14/01/2022 The RAC’s patrols attended over 10,000 pothole-related breakdowns last year – the equivalent of 27 every day and the highest annual total since 2018, new figures show. |
RAC pothole figures 'a watershed moment'20/04/2021 Drivers are having to use roads that often ‘resemble the surface of the Moon’, the RAC has said after revealing a 37% year-on-year rise in pothole-related breakdowns in the first three months of 2021. |
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. |
Velocity blasts through Brent potholes14/01/2021 The London Borough of Brent has completed a two-year programme that aimed to rid its roads of potholes and defects using Velocity Patching. |
From portholes to potholes: Is a circle the answer to road defects?02/11/2020 Road Mole is an award-winning pothole and ironworks repair system with a difference - its repairs are circular. |
AI robot could detect and fix potholes by 202127/10/2020 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have claimed that autonomous AI robots could be used to detect and repair potholes and road defects by 2021. |
Pothole audit ‘misses the point’, AIA says01/09/2020 A key industry body has dismissed the Government’s announcement of a ‘first-of-its-kind audit into the mapping of potholes in England’ as a distraction from the task of maintaining the local road network. |
Shapps promises roads ‘in top condition’ within months28/08/2020 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has launched what his department called a first-of-its-kind audit into the mapping of potholes in England ‘to better target improvements so that roads are in top condition as people return to work and school’. |
Thousands of cars damaged by potholes during lockdown16/07/2020 Nearly two thousand drivers had their vehicles damaged by potholes during lockdown despite road traffic plummeting, according to the RAC. |
Roadmender seeks better road mending as traffic surges03/07/2020 One in five Britons would be happy to pay 10% more in council tax to fund better maintenance of the local road network, according to a study commissioned by a pothole filling company. |
National Pothole Day 2020: Allies to take battle to Westminster18/12/2019 Manufacturer Ultracrete and campaigner Mr Pothole are joining forces to drive a bright orange tank through London next month to protest about the deficit in funding for road repairs. |
England's 700,000 potholes on Grand Canyon scale13/08/2019 New research suggests around 700,000 potholes and road defects were reported in the last year across England - creating a total depth of around 28km, equivalent to 15 times deeper than the Grand Canyon. |
ALARM 2019 finds 'haves and have nots'26/03/2019 Recent increases in local authority highway maintenance budgets appear to be stemming the decline of local roads, according to the publishers of the 24th Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey. |
Scotland gears up to enforce pavement parking ban
National Highways to spend £75m on 'transformation and change'
Autumn Statement: Infrastructure sector left underwhelmed
