potholes

Government pledges half a billion to fix 10 MILLION potholes

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Councils in England are to be allocated £500million to repair some 10 million potholes scattered across the country’s local roads, the Government has said this morning. The funding is the second instalment from the £2.5billion Potholes Fund launched by the Chancellor last year and is not a newly announced cash injection. The AA welcomed the … Read more

JCB ask Britons to nominate worst potholes – and vows to fill them with new £165k vehicle

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Last week we brought you the news that JCB has unveiled a specific vehicle designed to fix the nation’s ravaged roads. The PotholePro is a £165,000 heavy-duty model that’s claimed to be able to fill a crater in less than eight minutes and can complete jobs that usually require three different road-repairing machines.  Now the … Read more

Fix potholes while roads are empty, councils are told as breakdowns caused by them soar

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Fix potholes while roads are empty, councils are told as breakdowns caused by them soar Department of Transport has told councils to start fixing roads during lockdown RAC research shows that 3,426 cars were damaged by potholes up to this March Britain’s road crisis was exacerbated by a period of heavy storms this winter Councils … Read more