North East businesses to benefit from £15 million funding for pothole repairs

Sunderland-based road preservation experts Velocity are set to benefit from £15 million of government funding for pothole repairs in the North East.

The government has announced the release of £168 million total national funding for the repair of damaged roads.

The Sunderland firm, part of Newcastle-based Reece Group, is already in talks with North East local authorities with the aim of finding a solution to the region’s pothole problem.

Over the past 10 months, Velocity has repaired over 250,000 potholes across England and Wales.

Velocity Managing Director Dominic Gardner, from Middlesbrough, said: “Like the rest of the country, the North-East has a pothole epidemic and many local authorities are simply overwhelmed by the backlog of defects.

“We have previously called on the government to make more funding available to tackle the potholes backlog. Money – or the lack of it – is the fundamental reason for the deterioration of our road network.

“We therefore welcome these additional funds which will help local authorities start to get to grips with what is arguably the biggest single issue on Britain’s roads.”

Velocity utilise hi-tech patching machines that can carry out repairs that are both faster and more cost-effective than traditional methods.

Mr Gardner added: “As a proud North-East business, there is nothing we would love more than to get our teeth into helping to solve an issue that is the bane of drivers, cyclists and local authorities.

“We’re delighted to be already working with Redcar and Cleveland Council but we’d like to work with all of our local authorities to help make the North-East roads the UK’s best.”

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