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<p>To prevent potholes and other defects from forming in the first place, well-planned
maintenance is vital, which is why the Department advocates a risk-based, whole life-cycle
asset management approach to all aspects of the local highway network. There are various
key bits of guidance that the Department recommends to local highway authorities,
including a 2016 Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure, produced
by the UK Roads Leadership Group and available via the website of the Chartered Institute
for Highways and Transportation.</p><p>Other guidance includes the 2019 “Potholes:
a repair guide” on which the Department worked with the Association of Directors,
for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), and which is on the ADEPT
website. This recommends that local highway authorities should wherever possible make
permanent rather than temporary repairs, with temporary repairs only appropriate in
emergency circumstances or where safety cannot be managed using alternative approaches.</p><p>
</p><p>To help local highway authorities to understand the impacts of the changing
climate on local highway networks, the Department has published on gov.uk an independent
report on the lessons learned from extreme weather-related emergencies over the period
2015 to 2020.</p><p> </p>
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