Wolverhampton to repair more than 7,500 potholes
More than 7,500 potholes will be fixed this year in Wolverhampton as the council continues its commitment to improve the city’s roads. Resurfacing works are also taking place on some of the busiest roads to keep them in good condition for longer – which will mean fewer pothole repairs are needed in the future. By […]
Could potholes curb Elon Musk’s UK driverless car plans?
Tesla’s bid to have driverless cars on the streets of the UK could be slowed by the UK’s winding roads and potholes. Tesla launched its driverless ‘robotaxis’ in Austin, Texas last week and representatives of Elon Musk’s firm have met with senior civil servants in Whitehall as it pushes for self-driving cars to be fast-tracked in the […]
Council to trial pothole repair blitz as part of £83 million road maintenance programme
The Devon County Council highways team will carry out a repair blitz on potholes in a few trial areas of the country following a decision by councillors this week. While approving an £83 million programme of capital funded highway maintenance schemes, our Cabinet heard from Councillor Dan Thomas, Cabinet Member for Highways, who stated that […]
Roadmaster to Launch Next-Gen Micro Pothole Repair Machine at LCRIG Innovation & Learning Festival
Visitors to this year’s LCRIG Innovation & Learning Festival will be among the first to see Roadmaster’s groundbreaking new SP200-FB Spray Injection Patcher – a next-generation machine designed to revolutionise how potholes are repaired in tight and hard-to-reach spaces. Designed in response to customer demand, the SP200-FB is a compact, agile solution ideal for cycleways, […]
Reform chair accuses contractors of pothole inefficiencies
The Chair of the political party Reform UK has claimed the reason there are so many potholes across the UK is because “Tier 1 contractors subcontract the jobs on a day rate, with no incentive for speed nor quality”. Writing on X, Zia Yusuf quoted “whistleblowers” who had come forward to assist with the party’s […]
Reform Party’s Doge units “will tackle pothole crisis”
Reform leader Nigel Farage has vowed to run a council rescue plan based on Elon Musk’s US “Department of Government Efficiency” (Doge). “We look at the millions a year being spent in many cases on consultants, we look at money being spent on climate change, on areas that county councils frankly shouldn’t even be getting […]
RSTA Chief Executive Mike Hansford joins MPs and roads experts as they meet face-to-face to help solve Britain’s pothole crisis
The Chief Executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), Mike Hansford, has met face-to-face with MPs and other leading industry figures to debate and discuss how to solve the UK’s pothole crisis. More than 70 parliamentarians were yesterday given unrivalled insight in how best to tackle the UK’s pothole crisis at a first-of-its-kind event […]
‘Pothole breakdowns’ double in first three months of 2025, says RAC
RAC patrols attended 9,439 pothole-related breakdowns in the first three months of 2025 – more than double the number they were called out to between October and December last year, new data from the RAC’s Pothole Index shows. What’s more, call-outs for damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs or distorted wheels – the breakdowns most likely to […]
Research names areas with most reported pothole payouts
Research has revealed that in recent years over £800,000 has been paid out to drivers who have experienced vehicle damage due to potholes. With this in mind motoring experts at BlackCircles sent Freedom of Information requests to local authorities across the UK to reveal the areas with the most reported potholes over the past five years, the […]
Scotland: Drivers face ‘crumbling’ local roads amid increase in insurance claims to councils over potholes
Drivers are counting the cost of Scotland’s “crumbling” local road network as pothole-related insurance claims soar. Research by Scottish Labour found that between 2019 and 2023 the number of insurance claims to councils citing poor road maintenance rose by 69 per cent. Eight local authority areas have seen claims from drivers more than double, while four have seen claims […]