Consultation proposes increasing the guarantee on utility firms’ roadworks and introducing new asphalt standards, to keep roads pothole-free for longer Please follow link or copy and past into browser: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/long-lasting-repairs-to-stop-potholes
The Times newspaper has on Monday 30th April 2018 published several articles in relation to congestion and road works on UK highway infrastructure. One of the front page articles headed “Roadworks banned to fight plague of potholes” outlines plans for government to...
A recent BBC news story quotes that a pothole cost a local authority in excess of £1.8 million pounds relating to a single claimant. Read the full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-41523751