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AI and the pothole crisis 30/05/2025 Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President UK at TechnologyOne, looks at what the UK can learn from Australia when it comes to using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify potholes.
ALARM: Pothole repairs backlog hits £17bn 18/03/2025 Local authority leaders have repeated their call for a long-term financial package for road maintenance as the latest ALARM survey reveals the pothole repairs backlog has reached £17bn.
PAC brands local roads a ‘national embarrassment’ 17/01/2025 MPs have called England’s local roads a ‘national embarrassment’ and slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) for not taking its responsibility for the issue seriously enough.
Council concludes ‘battle of the pothole repair machines’ 15/01/2025 Gloucestershire County Council has completed its trial of four different pothole-filling machines declaring that they ‘all have their strengths’.
Pothole repair costs rise 15/01/2025 The cost of pothole damage to vehicles increased by more than £1m last year, according to the AA’s Pothole Index.
National Pothole Day: Time to focus on permanent repairs 14/01/2025 Mike Hansford, chief executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), says it’s time to focus on permanent repairs and what needs to be done to prevent potholes in the future.
The Bumpy Road Ahead: Labour’s great pothole challenge 17/12/2024 David Giles, Chair of the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), discusses the state of the local road system and what the new Labour Government should do to help drive improvements.
Budget: Councils promised EPR top-up if fees not received 01/11/2024 The Treasury has pledged to top up councils’ funding next year if the income they get through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) falls short of the forecasted £1.1bn.
Pothole-related breakdowns jump by 10,000 09/10/2024 The number of pothole-related breakdowns has increased by 10,000 compared to last year, according to the AA Pothole Index.
Delivering permanent repairs 26/04/2024 Stoke-on-Trent councillor Abi Brown joins a JCB-organised webinar to discuss her city’s experience with the Pothole Pro. LAPV reports.
Pothole-preventing robot passes first road test 08/03/2024 An autonomous robot designed to detect and fill cracks on roads has passed its first test outside of a laboratory.
National Pothole Day: What’s behind Multevo’s unique repair methodology? 15/01/2024 With National Pothole Day upon us, Multevo discuss their versatile, compact and road legal Multihog machine and explain why it is the ideal road maintenance solution for local authorities.
‘Staggering’ two million vehicles damaged by potholes last year 15/01/2024 The AA attended more than 600,000 incidents involving vehicles damaged by potholes last year, new figures released on National Pothole Day today reveal.
Pothole claims up record 40%, insurer reveals 10/01/2024 The number of pothole-related claims increased by a record 40% last year when compared to 2022, the latest data from Admiral Car Insurance has revealed.
World's first pothole repair robot hits the roads 10/01/2024 The world's first autonomous pothole repair robot, developed by tech company Robotiz3d, is about to undergo its first road test on the network in Hertfordshire.
£8bn of HS2 savings to be spent on ending pothole ‘blight’ 17/11/2023 Transport secretary Mark Harper has confirmed the allocations of an £8.3bn plan to resurface England’s pothole-marked road system, set out in the wake of HS2 cuts.
RAC sees record third quarter 'pothole call-outs' 10/11/2023 The RAC has dealt with the highest number of pothole-related breakdowns seen in any third quarter since its records began in 2006.
London borough trials pothole patching machine 03/11/2023 Redbridge Council is trialling a spray injection patching machine to fix potholes across the borough.
Council puts new pothole repair vehicle to the test 01/03/2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council is assessing a new vehicle to join its fleet in the fight against potholes.
Pothole Pro delivers productivity boost 03/02/2023 JCB’s Pothole Pro can help local authorities reduce their costs and improve their productivity. LAPV reports.
Dawsongroup takes delivery of five more Pothole Pros 24/01/2023 JCB has struck a further deal with commercial asset supplier Dawsongroup for five more of its pothole fixing machines.
Council invests in a rapid road repairer 08/11/2022 Northumberland County Council has invested in a rapid road repairer following a successful trial of the machine.
Dawsongroup takes delivery of six JCB Pothole Pros 10/10/2022 JCB has struck a major new deal with Dawsongroup, a leading commercial asset supplier, for six of their pothole fixing machines to help tackle Britain’s nine-year backlog of road repairs.
Rod Stewart video prompts warning about DIY pothole repairs 14/03/2022 Essex County Council has urged residents not to try and fix potholes themselves after Sir Rod Stewart was filmed carrying out repairs.
Coventry council’s purchase of JCB’s PotholePro ‘win, win’ 16/02/2022 Coventry’s highways service looks forward to rapidly fixing the area’s potholes thanks to its purchase of JCB’s innovative pothole machine.
Pothole breakdowns hit record high 14/01/2022 RAC’s patrols attended over 10,000 pothole-related breakdowns last year – the equivalent of 27 every single day and the highest annual total since 2018.
Pothole-ridden roads in ‘perilous state’ 29/11/2021 Little progress has been made over the last year when it comes to improving road surfaces, the RAC says as it records the worst third quarter for pothole breakdowns in 15 years.
Shapps announces £15m congestion and pothole scheme 13/08/2021 Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today announced a multimillion-pound scheme to improve traffic signals and explore the use of drones to help fix local roads.
JCB PotholePro delivers rapid permanent repair solution 13/01/2021 JCB has developed a single-machine pothole repair solution to fix potholes permanently.
Local roads backlog exceeds £11bn, survey warns 24/03/2020 The average local authority is facing a shortfall of £4.9m to repair and maintain local roads, new research has shown.