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Asphalt Industry Alliance marks 25 years

The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) is celebrating its 25th anniversary after being set up in 2000 to promote sustainable road maintenance. The trade body is a partnership between the Mineral […]

New PM must maintain road network investment

The Asphalt Industry Alliance has urged new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to respect Labour’s £7.3bn road network investment pledge. At the end of last year the government announced a £7.3bn […]

Government announces cuts to road funding

The government has announced it will cut road funding to support a £15bn increase in the defence budget. However, it has said cuts will not be made to funding for […]

Transport Secretary suffers pothole misery

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander had to have her Mini Cooper recovered after driving into a pothole in Oxfordshire. It’s been reported the damage left her with a repair bill of […]

Pothole-related call-outs tipped to hit new record

The AA has attended nearly 480,000 pothole-related call-outs so far this year, responding to 50,244 incidents last month alone. This is a four per cent year-on-year increase and the highest […]

Drivers hit with £14bn bill due to poor roads

Data from the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance has revealed that councils face a shortfall of £16.3bn to repair damaged British roads. It says that only 47% of roads in […]