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Potholes

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Success for national pothole campaign as Chancellor announces £200m funding to improve Britain’s roads

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a new £200m funding scheme to help tackle the plague of potholes on roads across Britain.
Started by the Daily Mail, the campaign to help improve Britain’s roads will see more than four million potholes filled in.

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By SWVaux Staff, 2 weeks13/03/2023 ago
Motoring

Drivers warned that potholes will ‘start peppering the roads’

Drivers are being warned to expect a surge in potholes due to the large amount of rain that fell either side of December’s freezing temperatures.

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By Yahoo Motoring News, 2 months15/01/2023 ago
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AA attending an extra 225 pothole-related breakdowns each day in November

AA patrols have been attending an extra 225 pothole-related breakdowns each day during November.

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By Yahoo Motoring News, 4 months15/11/2022 ago
Blog Post

Majority of motorists believe local road conditions have worsened in the last year – survey

Six-in-10 drivers believe that the state of the local roads they used frequently is worse than a year ago, a new survey has found.

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By Yahoo Motoring News, 5 months11/11/2022 ago
Blog Post

Companies responsible for ‘plague of potholes’ to be penalised more easily

The “plague of potholes” will be addressed in new Government measures created to penalise companies responsible for leaving damage on roads after carrying out street works.

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By SWVaux Staff, 11 months15/05/2022 ago
Blog Post

Local road pothole repair backlog tops £12 billion, report suggests

The cost of fixing the UK’s pothole problem now tops £12 billion, compounded by rising inflation, according to a new report.

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By SWVaux Staff, 1 year22/03/2022 ago
Blog Post

Misery for drivers as pothole breakdowns hit three-year high

Pothole-related breakdowns have reached a three-year high, new figures show.

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By SWVaux Staff, 1 year14/01/2022 ago
Government

‘Golden opportunity’ to repair roads during the pandemic has been missed

A ‘golden opportunity’ to catch up on much-needed road repairs has been missed, according to the RAC.

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By SWVaux Staff, 1 year11/11/2021 ago
Blog Post

Poor state of local roads is motorists’ biggest concern this year

Motorists’ biggest concern in 2020 was the poor state of local roads, according to new research.

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By SWVaux Staff, 2 years14/12/2020 ago
Blog Post

Thousands of drivers suffer pothole breakdowns despite low traffic during lockdown

Thousands of drivers suffered pothole-related breakdowns between April and June despite traffic volumes plummeting amid the coronavirus lockdown, new figures show.

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By SWVaux Staff, 3 years16/07/2020 ago
Blog Post

Serious pothole damage to cars has risen by 20%

The number of vehicles damaged by potholes jumped at the of 2019, according to new data from the RAC.

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By SWVaux Staff, 3 years ago
Blog Post

DfT calls for long-term local road funding to battle potholes


The Department for Transport is pushing the Treasury to guarantee local road funding for several years at a time instead of annually.

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By SWVaux Staff, 3 years ago
Blog Post

Councils receive a pothole complaint every 46 seconds

Councils are being bombarded with pothole complaints, with new figures revealing that local authorities receive one every 46 seconds.

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 years16/08/2019 ago
Blog Post

MPs call for five-year plan to tackle ‘pothole plague’

MPs have called for a front-loaded, five-year funding settlement to tackle the ‘extreme state of disrepair of the English local road network’.

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 years03/07/2019 ago
Blog Post

Potholes cost drivers £1.2bn in repairs over past year

More than 11 million drivers were affected by potholes last year, with the resulting vehicle damage costing the country a staggering £1.2 billion. That’s according to a study by Kwik Fit.

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 years26/03/2019 ago
Blog Post

Councils taking days to repair severe potholes

Pothole repair times vary across Great Britain with some local authorities responding in minutes and others in days, according to new research.

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 years ago
Blog Post

More than half a million potholes reported to councils last year

More than half a million potholes were reported by members of the public to local authorities for repair last year, according to new research.

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 years28/12/2018 ago
Blog Post

Pothole compensation has quadrupled this year

This year has seen the amount of compensation paid out for pothole damage quadruple compared with last year’s figures.

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 years26/12/2018 ago
Blog Post

Call to fix Welsh roads before building new ones

Fixing roads in Wales should be treated as a priority over building new ones, an assembly report has said.

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By SWVaux Staff, 4 years26/10/2018 ago
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