Extensive roadworks will see many of Cumbria’s worst potholes repaired - and without the usual traffic delays. Cumbria county council is deploying the latest technology to fix the roads in record time.It is also deploying extra resources to ensure that the work can be carried out as soon as possible. New innovative jet patching and thermal road patching machines will be deployed across across Cumbria to fix potholes, carry out emergency road repairs and seal worn sections of carriageway. The high-powered jet patching equipment uses a cold bitumen emulsion that is forced into every crack and crevice under high pressure to fill a pothole. Thermal road patching machines work by melting the existing poor road surface and producing a permanent, heat-sealed, seamless repair which re-establishes the original quality of the road.
Jet patching technology being used to fix a pothole in Wigton. Picture: Cumbria County Council Concerns have been expressed by a number of councillors over the number of potholes present on roads in the Allerdale area. Cumbria County Council s local committee for Allerdale, composed of county councillors representing the Allerdale area, met last Friday to agree its devolved highways revenue budget allocations for the coming financial year. Members agreed the proposals for the allocation of its £1.2m budget, but a number expressed concerns over the number of potholes on roads in the Allerdale area, particularly in light of the revelation announced last month that the Government had cut the county council s expected capital budget for pothole repair by £10m.
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