£201m fund for road maintenance and pothole repairs
More than £200 million will be allocated to English councils to improve road surfaces, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
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UK driverless car advance ‘slowed by potholes and poor broadband’
A new study has found that the development of self-driving vehicles in the UK is being hampered by potholes on roads and poor broadband.
Government expands trials of plastic road technology to stop potholes
Funding for plastic roads that could stop potholes from forming is among the new technology being backed by the Government as part of research and trials to future proof UK highways.
Drivers more than twice as likely to suffer pothole damage than in 2006
Drivers are two-and-a-half times more likely to suffer a pothole-related breakdown than in 2006, according to new figures.
Repair times for most severe potholes vary from minutes to several days
The fastest councils in Britain aim to fill severe potholes within minutes – but others take more than a day, new figures show.
Potholes on the nation’s roads are putting people off cycling, survey finds
THE state of Britain's roads is stopping more people from cycling, a survey has suggested.
Potholes costing drivers and insurers at least £1m a month, says the AA
POTHOLES are costing drivers and insurers at least £1 million a month in total due to massive car repair bills, according to estimates from the AA.
Motorists logged 660 pothole complaints every day last winter
MOTORISTS bombarded councils with complaints about potholes at a rate of 660 calls a day last winter, new figures reveal.
Pothole black hole: Transport chiefs plot radical roads reform as repairs backlog hits £1.2bn
A RADICAL shake-up of the way Scotland’s roads are repaired is being considered as transport chiefs admit they don’t have enough cash to deal with a £1.2 billion pothole backlog.
More vehicles are breaking down due to potholes
How the ground could cause us a hole lot of trouble
FORGET climate change, the sun running out of power or a nuclear war — mankind could meet its end by being sucked back into the ground.