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The latest in the world of road
maintenance and pothole repair.
GUIDE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
REVOLUTION
A 37-page comprehensive guide on why and how to make the transition to preventive road maintenance.
Maintaining Roads That Can’t Be Closed: What Remote Communities Need from Road Repair
Most road maintenance programmes are designed around the assumption of abundance: enough crew, enough traffic management resource, enough proximity to a depot, enough alternative routes for drivers while...
Argyll & Bute Council: “At This Point, the Roadmaster Machines Are Absolutely Essential”
From 3–5 crew members cutting into fragile road surfaces — to one operator, zero excavation, and a budget that stretches twice as far. Remote roads. Island communities. Peat-and-clay base courses that...
MGroup: “10 Machines. Then 10 More.”
From two-operator machines, overspray liability, and a supplier that couldn’t keep up — to one operator, 10× efficiency, 90% less carbon, and a full fleet renewal already in negotiation. One of...
Kier Highways: “Once We Tried Roadmaster, We Didn’t Need to Look at Any Other Machine”
From two-operator machines, regular overspray property claims, and reactive-only patching — to one operator, zero overspray incidents, full road sections repaired in a single pass, and repair lifespan...
Road Repair Is One of Your Biggest Carbon Costs. Here’s What the Data Shows.
When local authorities audit their operational carbon footprint, highways maintenance rarely gets the scrutiny it deserves. Streetlighting gets measured. Fleet electrification gets strategised. Buildings...
The Safest Road Repair Method Nobody Talks About
Every day, across the UK and Ireland, roads maintenance workers stand in live traffic. They stand in it while they set up traffic management. They stand in it while they unload equipment. They stand in...
Why Emergency Pothole Repairs Cost 40% More
Every spring, road maintenance teams face the same crisis: a winter’s worth of freeze-thaw damage surfaces at once, the public starts calling, and the pressure is on to fix roads fast. The problem...
Cork County Council: “Once You Look at the Numbers, It’s a No-Brainer”
Tipperary County Council: “We’re Not Going Back to Refilling Potholes”
From filling the same pothole 3–4 times a year with inconsistent cold-lay — to filling it once, with a calibrated mix that holds for 12+ months. 20+ years. 9 machines. Zero desire to go back. Background...
What’s Next for Roadmaster Velocity Patchers: Innovations in Preventative Road Maintenance for 2025
By Liam McNamee, Founder and Technical Manager At Archway Products, we don’t just design machines—we craft solutions to real-world road maintenance challenges. The Roadmaster velocity patcher isn’t...