Council maintenance fleet to go electric
20/02/2024 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is looking to replace its maintenance fleet with electric vehicles. |
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. |
£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. |
Reading adds to EV fleet with road line marking machine
20/10/2023 Reading Borough Council has announced an ‘innovative’ fully electric road line marking machine. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
New highways operation takes to North Yorkshire’s roads with advanced safety gear
01/06/2021 State-of-the-art safety measures to protect the public and workforce are at the forefront as a new fleet of highways maintenance vehicles takes to North Yorkshire’s network of almost 5,800 miles of roads. |
Cardiff Council focuses on safety with order of Mercedes impact protection vehicles
01/04/2021 The city council has ordered two new Mercedes-Benz Econic impact protection vehicles to help improve the safety of its highways team. |
New Multihog ‘transforms’ council’s street services
18/08/2020 Derby City Council’s new Multihog machine has helped to transform the Streetpride division’s way of repairing roads and other related services using just one vehicle. |
DfT backtracks on 5-year guarantee in new street works code
26/05/2020 The Government has published a new version of the statutory code of practice for street works, and quietly backtracked on initial plans to increase the guarantee on road openings from two to five years. |
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. |
