National Highways apologises for pothole damage
National Highways has issued a statement apologising to drivers who suffered vehicle damage after driving through what was described as a massive pothole on the M4. The Reading Chronicle reports that on Tuesday 11 April multiple drivers were seen pulled over with flat tyres – one telling the paper there had been a “horrific bang” […]
Government announces new pothole rules for utility companies
The Government is introducing new rules clamping down on utility companies who leave potholes behind after carrying out street works. From tomorrow (1 April) new regulations will come into force for a performance-based inspection regime to ensure utility companies resurface roads to the best possible standard after street works, potentially preventing thousands of potholes from […]
Nottingham residents make the highest proportion of complaints about potholes
New analysis suggests that people in Nottingham make the most complaints about potholes on the roads. Personal Injury Specialists for cyclists Cycle SOS used Google data to rank the UK cities which make the highest proportion of pothole complaints, investigating Google searches for phrases such as “pothole complaint” and “pothole complaint letter” over the past […]
Industry reacts to £200m highways maintenance spending in budget
The highways and transport technology industry has issued its reactions to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s measures in the budget which included £200 million for highways maintenance for the financial year 2023-2024. The Department for Transport says it is committed to allocating this funding to local highways authorities so they can most effectively spend this funding on […]
Worcestershire County Council focuses on potholes after cold snap and wet weather
Worcestershire County Council is acting promptly on repairing potholes following a mixture of unfavourable weather conditions in the past few months, it has said this week. Between October and December 2022, a total of 1,736 potholes were either reported by residents or identified by highways inspectors and swiftly repaired. It follows the dry summer weather, […]
Pothole insurance claims rise by a third
New data from insurance company Admiral suggests the number of pothole claims has increased by a third (34%) since 2016. It is warning that December’s icy snap could cause even more cracks to open up in Britain’s roads echoing the fall out of ‘Beast from the East’ in 2018, when plummeting temperatures caused pothole claims […]
Scottish motorists “missing out” on pothole compensation
It’s being claimed drivers in Scotland are suffering a “postcode lottery” of compensation for damage caused by potholes. The Herald Newspaper has seen statistics showing just one in six claims for damage was compensated in the country last year. The paper says 15.76% of pothole claims were paid out in 2021-22, amounting to £274,254.01. The […]
Pothole problem continues to damage cars as AA warns drivers of crumbling roads
Following on from the Highways Voices podcast on protecting and preserving the network, Richard Ashton, Market Development Manager for the Bitumen division of TotalEnergies Marketing UK has written this post for Highways News: The AA recently released a warning to drivers to beware of the road surfaces lurking underneath standing water as it attended an […]
Amey uses Instarmac solution to quickly repair pothole
Highway maintenance solutions company Instarmac has provided Amey with a solution to fix a significant pothole on the M180. Due to the location of the pothole, the repair needed to be carried out quickly, but permanently, to keep motorists and operatives as safe as possible whilst working on this extremely busy road. To complete the […]
Rod Stewart invited to spend a day with county’s pothole crew
Back in March, singer Sir Rod Stewart posted footage of him and some friends filling in potholes in the road he lives in in Essex – and now they’ve been done properly by the County Council’s maintenance team. And now the council has invited him to spend a day with its pothole-patching crew. Sir complaining […]