City's Drive to Renew Its Roads Leads the Way for Uk Councils ; Newport Is the Envy of Country for Pothole Work

Western MailApril 26, 2010

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COUNCILS across the UK are looking to Newport to try to learn how the city has led the way in sorting out its pothole problem.

Despite the coldest winter for 30 years, fewer potholes have appeared in Newport's roads this year than appeared after the milder winter of 2009 - thanks to a three-year blitz on highway maintenance which started last summer. It is far removed from when Newport Council was named and shamed for one of Wales' highest rates of compensation payouts for accident claims.

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City's Drive to Renew Its Roads Leads the Way for Uk Councils ; Newport Is the Envy of Country for Pothole Work

The city's entire network of streets, roads, country lanes and pavements is being resurfaced as part of Project 21, which is using pounds 21m of prudential borrowing - sp...

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