More than 130,000 potholes across 266 miles of road in Wales have been fixed or prevented in the last six months. Since April the Welsh Government has been working closely with local councils to deliver on its commitment of ‘Fixing our roads’. The local government borrowing initiative has enabled local councils to fix or prevent around 107,000 potholes … [Read more...]
Road repairs slowly improving
Road Emulsion Association figures show road surface dressing volumes have increased since lowest reported last year There has been an increase in the manufacturing, sale, and use of bitumen emulsions for surface dressing since last year, which was the lowest reported volumes on record, but more still needs to be done to save potholes developing and damaging … [Read more...]
Britain’s roads are falling apart & motorists pay the price
Despite the lockdown, RAC patrols went to the aid of a staggering 4,694 drivers as a result of hitting a pothole in Q1 2021 – the equivalent of 52 drivers every day. Incredibly, this represents a three-fold increase in the number of pothole-related breakdowns from the last quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021, up 3,233 from 1,461 in Q4 2020 and is … [Read more...]
