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The motoring organisation said the number of pothole-related claims it had seen during the first four months of 2018 alone was more than for the whole of 2017. Based on its share of Britain’s car insurance market, the broker estimated that nationally, there will have been over 4,200 claims for pothole damage so far this […]
This represents more than 40,000 miles of carriageways. Spending on roads maintenance is “way short” of the amount needed, the annual study by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) stated. The report found the gap between the amount local authorities in England and Wales received to keep carriageways in “reasonable order” and what they actually needed […]
Pothole-related breakdowns are on the rise in the UK. During the final quarter of 2017 breakdowns caused by potholes increased by 11 per cent. The RAC was called to 2,830 vehicles with faults likely caused by poor quality road surfaces between October and December, compared with 2,547 in the same period in 2016. It was […]
New research discovered that a staggering one in six (17per cent) are now in poor condition and in need of urgent work. The dire state of so many routes has been caused by an ageing network, decades of underfunding, increased traffic and wetter winters, the report by the Ashphalt Industry Alliance found. But researchers also […]
The weight of goods carried by British-registered lorries rose by 5 per cent to 1.7 billion tonnes in the year ending June 2016, latest Department for Transport (DfT) figures show. Heavier vehicles exert more pressure onto road surfaces, causing them to crumble more quickly and form potholes. The Local Government Association (LGA), representing more than […]
