According to the 2020 edition of the Asphalt Industry Alliance s (AIA) Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey, pre-empting such deteriorations can have significant financial implications.
In the financial year 2019/20, the reactive repair of filling a single pothole in England, London and Wales cost an average of £70.91 ($94.86). When that repair was planned, the AIA s report puts the average cost at £43.10.
Given the above, it s perhaps no surprise that a range of businesses and organizations are now working on systems and processes to identify road-based issues before they become more of a problem.
Earlier in the year, the U.K. s Department of Transport said it would work alongside local highway authorities, digital mapping business Gaist and firms such as Uber, Deliveroo and Ocado to identify what it described as pothole hot-spots in England.