WJ Group: Road maintenance should be synonymous with safety improvement
Road safety, surface treatments and line markings specialist, WJ Group, has responded to the announcement of £1.6 billion in road maintenance funding for local authorities by calling for the funds to be allocatedto long-term maintenance activities that maximise road safety and value for money. While the funding is not ringfenced for pothole repair, the DfT […]
Funding boost to prevent 30,000 potholes on Welsh roads
An extra £25m to renew Wales’ major roads and prevent around 30,000 road defects and potholes has been announced by the Welsh Government. The funding boost will see an extra 100km of the strategic road network resurfaced in the new financial year. Roads that are most in need of repairs will be renewed, with thousands […]
Staffordshire Council system to report potholes is revamped
The way people report potholes and other highways issues in Staffordshire has been completely revamped. The county council’s ReportIt system has undergone a transformation to make it easier for residents to report highways issues. The new system is more user friendly, and gives people the option of having their own account where they can track the progress […]
Asphalt rejuvenator to prevent potholes across 1 million square metres of local highways
Roadtechs Group, a leading manufacturer, supplier, and installer of specialist surface treatment solutions in the UK, is set to prevent potholes appearing across more than 1million sq m of local highway network in 2025 with Reclamite. Reclamite is a spray applied treatment that reverses the detrimental impact of weather on our roads, preventing cracks and […]
Special Feature – National Pothole Day: RSTA calls for local authorities to review highway maintenance strategies
On National Pothole Day 2025 the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) is making a ‘call for action’ for local highway authorities to review their maintenance strategies, and to improve their knowledge and understanding of surface treatments, including awareness of the appropriate times to use them based on road condition, to prevent future formation of potholes. […]
National Pothole Day: Meet Stan the App
The Daily Telegraph has launched a 6-week campaign encouraging its readers to download Stan The App to map as much of the local road network as possible. This will include prominent coverage on their website, and their 1 million subscribers will also be notified/emailed. Users can now view detected defects in their area and share […]
National newspaper launches pothole campaign
The Daily Telegraph is launching a nationwide campaign, Fix Our Potholes, to demand that local authorities start fixing their roads and improve conditions for motorists, businesses and the emergency services. According to analysis of DfT data up to 82 per cent of the local roads flagged as in need of maintenance were ignored by councils last year, […]
Pothole payouts in London total £2m in three years
New figures uncovered by the BBC show more than £2m has been paid out in pothole compensation claims by Transport for London in the last three years. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show TfL awarded £1.7m in 2022-23, compared to £310,000 the previous year. It adds just £85,000 was allocated last year. […]
Gloucestershire County Council choses winning pothole repair machine
Following the battle of the pothole repair machines, Gloucestershire County Council has selected the best performing vehicles and methods that work in their area. The county council has been trialling a range of pothole repair techniques at the cutting edge of highways maintenance. During July machines went head-to-head in the battle of the pothole repair machines and […]
Norfolk set to receive highest highways maintenance allocation in the region
Norfolk is set to receive more than £56 million for highways maintenance next year thanks to Government funding announced. The Government has announced funding allocations for every local authority across England today which can be used throughout 2025/6 on the roads are in most need of repair, and to deliver immediate fixes for communities and […]