'It is money well spent and we are even considering buying a second one' - Council shows off £155,000 pothole-filling machine in Tividale

A council will use a new £155,000 machine in its bid to slash the time it takes to fill some of the borough’s most treacherous potholes.

By Local Democracy Reporter Christian Barnett

Published Apr 22

Last updated Apr 22

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Sandwell Council has been showing off its latest bit of kit as it used a new £155,000 machine to fill a problematic pothole in Tividale on Thursday.

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(from left, front row) Cllr Maria Crompton; Cllr Kerrie Carmichael, leader of Sandwell Council; Lilian Greenwood MP, Minister for Future of Roads; Cllr Paul Moore, deputy leader of Sandwell Council. Back row: Sandwell Council highway staff. Pic: LDRS — (from left, front row) Cllr Maria Crompton; Cllr Kerrie Carmichael, leader of Sandwell Council; Lilian Greenwood MP, Minister for Future of Roads; Cllr Paul Moore, deputy leader of Sandwell Council. Back row: Sandwell Council highway staff.

The tractor, named the Multevo Multihog road planer, is said to shave hours off the time it takes crews to fill the hazardous holes in the borough’s roads.

Sandwell Council highways crews fill in the pothole in Barncroft Road, Tividale. Pic: LDRS. Permission for reuse for all LDRS partners. — Sandwell Council highways crews fill in the pothole in Barncroft Road, Tividale.

But while the council’s Labour leadership said the efficiency of the £155,000 machine meant it had been “money well spent”, it was not willing to commit to doubling or tripling the 1,600 potholes the authority filled last year.