News from LARA via the ANEMMC …
FYI, let’s hope something comes of this.
https://www.theaa.com/about-us/newsroom/pothole-partnership
Kind Regards,
Roy Bell.
Secretary – Association of North East Midland Motor Clubs
email: secretary@anemmc.org
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From: LARA Technical Advisor <admin@laragb.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 at 21:09
Subject: LARA News
The Pothole Partnership says that a radical new approach is needed, including 5-year warranties on every non-emergency pothole repair.
The Partnership:
issues new data revealing AA called out to 613,638 pothole incidents in 2025 – an average of 1,681 every day – including 58,380 last January and 58,275 in December;
welcomes government’s new traffic light system of monitoring local council performance on fixing potholes BUT says radical new approach is needed;
proposes that councils and contractors should be compelled to issue 5-year warranties on every non-emergency pothole repair;
issues reminder that while potholes can damage cars, they put the lives of cyclists and motorcyclists at risk;
urges greater use of innovation to make repairs permanent, in place of temporary manual ‘patch and run’ fixes which need re-visiting within months or weeks.
Read more in the LARA News post
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