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On 23 March 2025, the UK Government announced local authorities would have to publish how many potholes they’ve filled in order to get their full share of government funding, first announced last year. Local highway authorities that comply will receive their full share of the additional £500 million roads pot, which is enough to fill […]
From the 1st April 2025 the REA will introduce a new safe transfer standard procedure for the transfer of bitumen emulsion products from a delivery tanker to a mobile storage tank (MST). This is the third in the series of establishing an industry safe standard procedure for the transfer of products from a delivery tanker […]
The Road Emulsion Association (REA) has welcomed the £1.6 Billion funding for roads maintenance, but urges local authorities to refrain from using it all on immediate temporary pothole repairs. In December 2024, the government announced the landmark investment, which is an increase of nearly 50% on local road maintenance funding from last year, and claims […]
The Road Emulsion Association (REA) is delighted to announce that it has joined as a Partner Member of the Local Council Roads Innovations Group (LCRIG). The REA members are constantly looking at innovative ways to improve the use of bitumen emulsions in highway maintenance and believes the partnership with LCRIG will be beneficial to both […]
PRESS RELEASE: Investing in surface dressing saves councils’ money in the long-term, says REA The latest additional money (2023/24) for highway maintenance should be spent on preparation for surface dressing, to help prevent potholes forming in the future, and less money being spent on fixing them. In subsequent years (2024/25 onwards), the additional money should […]
The Case for Surface Dressing Date: 9th January As the pothole pandemic grows each year, so does the damage to vehicles travelling through them. There are many sustainable surface treatments however, that stop them forming in the first place. Pothole repairs are extremely expensive and disruptive to the UK taxpayer. A pothole is filled every 19 […]
IBEF held its winter seminar on Bitumen emulsions and sustainability on the 14th December 2023. The videos of the seminar are below https://youtu.be/BkDRgYLj2bc?si=JMBsZrNZOAQF0alohttps://youtu.be/qNmz-UgQNcU?si=CKaCe1qfkoymDpgrhttps://youtu.be/GbUDAKe1YKM?si=s5GD7Kn53t087OcN
REA and RSTA join forces to launch new campaign that explains why surface dressing is the solution to reducing potholes A new campaign aimed at promoting the benefits of surface dressing as part of a proactive highways maintenance strategy has been launched by the Road Emulsion Association (REA) and the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). […]
On June 13th 2023 the International Bitumen Emulsion Federation (IBEF) held a Seminar to celebrate the 100 years of bitumen emulsion. There were a number of presentations from IBEF (www.ibef.net) members from around the world including a presentation from Kevin Maw (Consultant and Secretary) of the Road Emulsion Association Limited in the UK. Kevin presented […]
The IAT hosted webinar on the subject of the “Importance of Interlayer Bond Coat Application During Pavement Construction and Maintenance” has now been posted on the REA website. The presentation by Gary Schofield of TotalEnergies is an important element in the joint REAL and RSTA Bond Coat awareness campaign which also included the published Bond Coat […]
