Tag Archives: Potholes

Britain’s roads are in dangerous decay. We need to do something, soon.

AtkinsRéalis has made recommendations to the Department for Transport (DfT) on how it can better fund local highways maintenance, including the introduction of an incentivisation scheme and a digital data collection portal.

A “roads emergency” has been declared by Stafford Borough Council (SBC), which warned that the state of its roads is “at breaking point”.

Efforts to improve the climate resilience of local roads are not included as much as they should be in procurement contracts, according to senior highways representatives speaking at NCE’s Roads conference on 7 June.

The backlog of carriageway repairs needed in England and Wales will cost £16.3bn while more than half of the local road network has less than 15 years structural life remaining, a new survey has found.

Local authority maintenance of non-trunk roads in England has hit a “new low point” after dropping by almost half (45%) compared to five years ago, according to analysis by the RAC.

If you’re losing interest during a conversation, one topic that’s likely to get your audience back on side is potholes and complaining about them.

A newly formed partnership led by the AA has released a five-point plan to help deal with the growing issue of potholes on UK roads.

An autonomous robot that detects and fixes potholes will be tested on Hertfordshire’s roads.

The government has pledged to redirect HS2 funding worth £8.3bn to deal with potholes and resurface more than 8,000km of roads across England in a moved described as “a game changer” by experts.