potholes

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 […]

Drivers are paying for pothole repairs themselves as successful claims numbers fall, according to new research. More than 600,000 potholes have been reported in the UK so far this year, […]

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 […]

AA president Edmund King OBE has said drivers are being-short changed as road surfaces continue to deteriorate. Speaking to Rob Cubitt, managing director of Cubitt Cars, in an episode of […]

Smart repairer Revive! has reported a 25% increase in wheel repairs in the first quarter of the year. It attributes the increase to the deteriorating condition of UK roads, with […]

Nearly three quarters of drivers say that the pothole pandemic will influence how they vote in UK elections. May’s Startline Used Car Tracker found that 72% of those surveyed said […]

Drivers are facing what has been labelled a ‘secret pothole tax’ as swerving to avoid potholes adds an extra 70 miles to the average annual mileage. This figure is based […]

More than half of UK drivers have suffered pothole-related vehicle damage in the last four years, according to new research. According to a survey of more than 2,000 motorists carried out […]

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 […]

Councils risk losing a third of their funding if they can’t prove they are effectively addressing the pothole crisis. The government has introduced new rules around funding for road maintenance, […]

Motoreasy has highlighted the vehicle damaged caused by potholes and called for ‘sustained road investment.’ More than 20% of all vehicles damaged by potholes have to be written off, with […]

The government has unveiled its Road Infrastructure Strategy that will see it invest £27bn into UK roads over the next five years. The funding will enable National Highways to resurface […]