Road Maintenance
Reactive versus Strategic highway maintenan...
At last year’s Scottish Expo conference, a panel discussion on PAS 2161 and the growing use of AI in road condition data exposed a clear
Councils face new rules for spending pothol...
Councils across England will face stricter rules on how they spend funding to repair potholes and maintain local roads, as the Government introduces new measures
A data-driven approach required to fix UK&#...
The UK is thought to have more than one million potholes, with these road defects being one of the leading causes of car breakdowns, according
Pothole-related breakdowns rose 15% last ye...
Pothole-related breakdowns rose by 15% in 2025, according to new data from the RAC Pothole Index, highlighting the ongoing crisis facing Britain’s road network. RAC
National Pothole Day in the UK
Every year on 15 January, the UK marks National Pothole Day — a reminder of the persistent problem of road surface damage that affects millions
Pothole-related breakdowns up by a quarter ...
The number of drivers falling foul of potholes and breaking down rose by 25% between July and September compared to the same period last year,
RAC and RSTA call on Government to mandate ...
The RAC and the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) have today written to the Government calling on it to introduce mandatory training for councils who
Just 3% of local roads received any road ma...
Just 3% of England’s 183,054-mile council-run road network received any form of road maintenance in the last 2023/24 financial year, new government data analysed by
Ambitious investment in safer roads could s...
Investing £2.5bn into high-return road safety schemes could prevent more than 17,000 deaths and serious injuries over the next 20 years, saving nearly £9bn in
New technology trial reduces delays for dri...
New technology developed to help ease the pain of roadworks for road users and businesses saw 2,100 fewer journeys being delayed on the M6 in
