US EditionRoads bodies call on government for mandatory preventative surface treatment training to quell potholes
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Government urged to mandate road maintenance training for councils
The RAC and the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) have written to the government, calling for them to introduce mandatory road maintenance training for councils. To coincide with Pothole Prevention Week – 8 to 14 September – the two organisations have joined forces with a view to getting councils to understand the benefits of low-cost preventative maintenance treatments that seal the road surface from water ingress and keep them in bett…
The president of the elected municipality of Zavalla, Matías Suárez, decided to take an unusual initiative in the face of the road deterioration in the region. This Tuesday he used the retropala of his company to cover huge bumps in the access from the national route 33 to the bridge over the A012, a stretch practically intransitable by the constant passage of trucks. Suárez, of the United space, was elected on June 29, although he still did not…
Roads bodies call on government for mandatory preventative surface treatment training to quell potholes
The RAC and the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) have urged ministers to make training for local highway officers compulsory, saying many councils are failing to carry out low-cost maintenance that can prevent potholes from forming. The post Roads bodies call on government for mandatory preventative surface treatment training to quell potholes appeared first on New Civil Engineer.
Pothole Prevention Week: RSTA and RAC discuss prevention on this week's Highways Voices
How much longer can our industry afford to keep filling potholes instead of preventing them in the first place?In our latest Highways Voices we discuss the situation that is drivers the most - the poor condition of our roads.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!During Pothole Prevention Week we hear that more than half of councils still carry out no …
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