Double Delight As Pothole Partnership Lands Two Awards
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's use of pioneering JCB technology to fix potholes quickly and permanently has won two prestigious industry awards.
JCB and Stoke-on-Trent City Council won the Judges Merit Award and were also highly commended in the Safety and Innovation Project of The Year category at the annual Institute of Highways Engineering (IHE) Mercia Branch awards.
READ MOREFleet Of Six JCB Pothole Fixing Machines Snapped Up By Dawsongroup
JCB struck a major new deal with Dawsongroup, a leading commercial asset supplier, for six of its revolutionary pothole fixing machines to help tackle Britian's nine-year backlog of road repairs.
Dawsongroup | emc is investing in the highly productive JCB Pothole Pro machines, which fix potholes permanently, first time, without the need for labour intensive repair methods or additional expensive machinery.
READ MOREOlympic-Sized Success For Council Thanks To JCB's Pothole Fixer
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is celebrating a major milestone in its mission to fix potholes quickly and permanently - after completing almost three years of repairs in just over four months with the JCB's revolutionary Pothole Pro machine.
The forward-thinking authority has repaired a staggering 10,000m² of road with the JCB Pothole Pro in just 130 days - an equivalent to eight Olympic sized swimming pools. Using traditional methods, this task would have taken a staggering 1,040 days or almost three years.
READ MORECity Council Invests In JCB Pothole Pro To Speed Up Road Repairs
Northumberland County Council has invested in a JCB Pothole Pro to help keep the county's roads running smoothly.
It has brought the machine following a successful trial of the rapid road repairer. The Pothole Pro was put through its paces by the council last summer and will now help maintain some of the county's 3,000+ miles of roads.
READ MORERevolutionary JCB Pothole Fixer Arrives In Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has become the first authority in the UK to take delivery of one of JCB's revolutionary Pothole Pro machines.
The machine, which can repair potholes four times quicker than standard methods, was launched by JCB earlier this year and the council has played a key part in its testing. The council's machine was handed over to the Deputy Leader Councillor Daniel Jellyman at JCB World Headquarters.
READ MOREJCB's Pothole Fixer Proves Its Worth On M6 Fast Lane Night Shift
JCB's brand new pothole fixer put in a night shift on the fast lane of the M6 - mending road defects in double-quick time.
The JCB Pothole Pro was sent to fix holes on one of the motorway's busiest stretches - junction 14 and 15 between Stafford and Newcastle-under-Lyme during two night-time closures.
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