Whatever the outcome of the Spending Review for roads, the investment needs to be focused on preventing potholes from forming in the first place, says RSTA Chief Executive

Whatever the outcome of the upcoming Spending Review for roads, the investment should be focused on preventing potholes forming in the first place and a reduction in reactive repairs to reduce inefficiencies, according to Paul Boss, Chief Executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). He was responding to a Local Government Association (LGA) statement […]

Fall in road funding this year could pay for 9.5 million pothole repairs, says LGA

Councils could repair more than 9.5 million extra potholes with the funding lost from local road maintenance budgets this year, analysis by the Local Government Association reveals today. Overall capital funding allocated to councils for local road maintenance this year by the Department for Transport is £1.39 billion – down from £1.78 billion in 2020/21. […]