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The Road Emulsion Association (REA) has recently spoken alongside Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood MP, welcoming plans to monitor and improve the state of the nation’s roads. The REA warmly supports the government stepping up efforts to tackle the scourge of potholes blighting roads across England, as Minister Lilian Greenwood outlined in a recent […]
The Road Emulsion Association (REA) has submitted formal representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP, underscoring the long-term economic, environmental, and safety benefits of prioritising preventative maintenance, particularly surface dressing and encapsulation, within the forthcoming Spending Review 2025. The REA called for measures to ensure that local road networks are maintained efficiently […]
We’ve been working collaboratively with industry colleagues to engage with key national decision-makers on how to future-proof our local roads. The Road Emulsion Association recently joined over 70 Members of Parliament from across the UK, who attended a busy drop-in session hosted by the RAC. Many MPs rightly wanted to know what industry is doing […]
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
