Potholes: New data points to encouraging uptick in prevention work
Vital surface dressing work on Britain’s local roads that is proven to prevent potholes forming increased by 15% this year, new data shared with the RAC has revealed. Figures from the Road Emulsion Association (REA) show around 44.4m square metres of surface dressing – enough to treat the equivalent of around 4,340 miles of road […]
Pothole Prevention Week: RSTA and RAC discuss prevention on this week’s Highways Voices
How much longer can our industry afford to keep filling potholes instead of preventing them in the first place? In our latest Highways Voices we discuss the situation that is drivers the most – the poor condition of our roads. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! During […]
Does the RIS3 draft strategy put enough emphasis on preventative road maintenance strategies, asks the RSTA
Does National Highways’ Draft Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3) put enough emphasis on preventative road maintenance strategies, to meet its objectives of managing road condition, securing network resilience, reducing carbon and reducing impact on road users? That is the question raised by the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), after the publication of the Draft Road […]
RSTA welcomes the focus on long-term road maintenance
The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed the Government’s commitment to longer-term road maintenance by committing a total of £24 billion from 2026/7-2029/30 for local and national road maintenance. For a long time, the RSTA has called for more preventative maintenance to be adopted to stop more and more roads falling into poor condition […]
Get tough on the cause of potholes: RSTA gets to the root of the problem
The only way to drive down the cost of vehicle repairs for the public is to stop potholes forming in the first place, according to the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). The association is responding to the Government’s announcement that local authorities will have to now produce annual progress reports and prove public confidence in […]
RSTA launches ‘game-changing’ carbon emissions guidance
The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has launched ‘game-changing’ guidance to enable local authorities to understand and demonstrate for the first time the carbon savings they are making when using surface treatments. The RSTA Carbon Emissions for Road Surface and other Maintenance Treatments Report and Guidance was launched at the RSTA’s annual conference on 13th […]