EXPERT AVAILABLE – How to tackle the UK’s pothole epidemic
Highways maintenance expert available to comment on DfT Pothole Review
The Department of Transport has commissioned a report looking into the UK’s growing pothole problem (http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/pothole-review/pothole-review.pdf).
Our winters are getting harsher and this has had a significant impact on our roads and footpaths. The Government last year had to provide an extra £200 million, on top of the committed £3 billion for the next four years, to local highways authorities to boost road maintenance budgets.
Research has shown there are at least 1.5 million potholes in the UK, resulting in an estimated cost of £320 million to motorists per year.
A new preventative approach to highway maintenance planning is needed and the Pothole Review provides 17 key recommendations.
Peter Shone, managing director of national construction and engineering services contractor JPCS, has more than 15 years’ maintaining the highways and byways across the UK.
Peter can comment on:
- The DfT Pothole Review and its recommendations
- The UKs pothole epidemic
- New approaches to the repair and maintenance of potholes
- The true cost of potholes to local authorities maintenance budgets
- Highways maintenance in the UK
He’s a very sound spokesperson – articulate, bright and reliable.
If you would like to interview Peter please contact Lucy Oates or Dan Gledhill at RMS.
For more information please contact Lucy Oates or Dan Gledhill at RMS
Telephone: 0161 927 3131
Email: lucy@rmspr.co.uk or dan@rmspr.co.uk
Notes to editors
JPCS has been creating sustainable energy and infrastructure in the UK for almost 20 years.
JPCS is a nationwide contractor, delivering safe and sustainable civil engineering and maintenance services to the public and private sectors, across the highways, rail and energy markets.
Established in 1993 by managing director Peter Shone, JPCS has grown into a £10 million turnover business, working with clients such as Balfour Beatty, the Highways Agency, British Gas, Carillion, Eurovia and local authorities.
JPCS works across two core areas:
• Infrastructure: civil engineering and maintenance of highways and rail
• Energy: renewable energy, including delivering innovative installation solutions for ground mounted solar panels to generate low carbon energy
The business also offers a number of innovative products including:
• Rejuvopatch – a unique, cost effective and sustainable method of carrying out a wide range of surface repairs
• Safethaw – a powerful, natural anti-icing and de-icing liquid
• Groundscrew® - a pioneering alternative to traditional concrete foundations for a number of applications, such as signs, building foundations, street furniture, marker posts, railway property and ground mounted solar panels.