Road Repairs
Funding to fix potholes allocated to local ...
Councils across England have today been allocated their share of £500 million for highways maintenance, with the funding expected to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes across the country. It is the second instalment
Highways England: What a difference a year ...
Fascinating new footage released by Highways England offers a bird’s eye view of progress being made on the £78 million transformation of a busy M6
Potholes a growing concern for drivers
Potholes are perceived by motorists to be a much more significant concern on the road than they were three years ago, overtaking texting and drink
Department for Transport: £93m for road up...
As part of the Government’s commitment to fuel the economic recovery from Covid-19, the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has today (Saturday 30 January) pledged £93m for
JCB unveils new solution to tackle UK potho...
British digger maker JCB has unveiled a brand new machine to tackle a national scourge – potholes. The company has launched the PotholePro – a
Robotic ‘pothole police’ innovator to r...
University spin out, Robotiz3d, is to begin developing the world’s first autonomous robot to patrol the streets in search of potholes, following successful private investment.
Government accelerating pothole mapping pro...
A first-of-its-kind audit into the pothole mapping in England has been launched today (Friday 28 August) by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, aided by data from
‘Stop-start’ approach to highwa...
A decrease in highway maintenance budgets has caused the ‘one-time cost’ to get roads in England and Wales back into reasonable condition to rise to
Budget 2020: The chancellor announces 2.5bn...
The chancellor of the Exchequer has announced in the Budget 2020, that as part of a £600bn package on infrastructure spending, that 2.5bn will be
New developments are leading to reduced dis...
Britain’s damaged roads have been a point of contention in public and political debate in recent years. Harsh winters, the growth of road users, as
