The council has been making use of a specialist machine to help repair hundreds more potholes across the city.
The Velocity Patcher provides a quick and effective way of protecting roads from water and frost – the main causes of surface defects.
Each repair can be completed in a matter of minutes. It sees a blend of bitumen and chippings passed through a hose at high speed to fill potholes and seal them in.
A further 559 potholes have been repaired on Wolverhampton’s roads using the Velocity Patcher during a trial period - and the council will keep future use under review as part of its wider strategy.
Councillor Qaiser Azeem, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for City Transport, said: “As we have made clear the council’s strategy is focused on steadily improving the condition of our roads through resurfacing and other planned works, which are taking place across the city.
“But with more than 480 miles of road to maintain the city’s highways network cannot all be resurfaced at once - we must prioritise where it can have the biggest impact.
“That is why we employ a variety of other treatments to help prolong the life of other roads and we will keep innovative techniques under review as we continuously look to improve our approach, ensuring a safe, efficient and sustainable highways network for the people of Wolverhampton.”
Alongside resurfacing and other treatments taking place across the city the council will repair more than 7,500 potholes this year.
You can have a say on highways maintenance here NHT Public Satisfaction Surveys | City Of Wolverhampton Council
Keep up to date with all roadworks in the city via Causeway one.network
Report a pothole here Report a pothole | City Of Wolverhampton Council
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