A saying in the highways industry is that if you’re fixing lots of potholes, your asset strategy has failed. The fact that potholes are increasing at a faster rate than ever, and that National Pothole Day is etched in our annual calendar, is a sign of failure.
Last October, Dudley City Council were celebrating the installation of more than 1,000 LEDs in the borough in the first month of a three-year replacement programme. The local authority aims to install around 24,000 of these energy efficient street lights by the end of what it describes as an ‘invest to save project’.