Rethinking Road Maintenance: The 2025 ALARM survey, funding challenges and smarter solutions with the RSTA
We discuss how to drive better value from the highway maintenance funding on this week’s Highways Voices, with Mike Hansford, Chief Executive of the RSTA. “Our approach to road maintenance isn’t working,” he says, as he asks are we truly making the most of our funding, or are we stuck in an inefficient cycle of reactive […]
RAC deals with 10,000 pothole-related breakdowns in first three months of 2023
The RAC is reporting that its patrols rescued 10,076 drivers who had fallen foul of potholes in the first three months of the year, a 39% increase on the same period a year ago. Damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs and distorted wheels – issues most likely caused by poor road surfaces – accounted for […]
This year’s AIA ALARM survey analysed on this week’s Highways Voices
It has been a year of records in the ALARM survey as the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) delivers its 28th edition, according to its Chairman, Rick Green, our guest on this week’s Highways Voices. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! Local authorities have once again shown their […]
“Difficult Choices” for Local Highway Engineers examined in the ALARM survey Highways Voices
Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! “The shortfall and the backlog continue to rise,” Asphalt Industry Alliance CEO Rick Green tells this week’s Highways Voices podcast, as he reviews the 2022 ALARM survey. “Hard working local authority engineers are having to make difficult choices. They’ve got a statutory […]
