£50m needed to repair Swindon’s potholes, says Councillor

A councillor says that £50m might be needed to repair all the potholes in Swindon. Chris Watts, Swindon Borough Council’s cabinet member for Environment and Transport, said funding shortfalls had led to a “backlog” that would only be resolved by an infusion of money, well beyond that currently received from the government. Cllr Watts told […]

Six West Midlands councils to receive £12m to fill region’s potholes

Six councils are to receive an extra £2m to help fill thousands of potholes and resurface roads across the West Midlands. The £12m funding – enough to fill 132,000 potholes and subject to final government sign-off – will be shared between Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. It follows a grant of £8m that […]

Potholes are motorists top driving concern, says new RAC report

Anger with the poor state of Britain’s local roads has reached its highest point in nine years with half of drivers (49%) surveyed for the RAC’s annual Report on Motoring listing it as a top motoring concern, making it the single biggest issue by a considerable distance this year. Concern among drivers is now at […]