The Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme, which the Department for Transport is sponsoring, was launched in April 2011. One of the initiatives undertaken by the programme was a pothole review which looked at potholes not only from an engineering perspective but the impact of long-term maintenance strategies, decision-making arrangements, the processes of reporting, prioritising and repairing potholes, guidance and wider operational arrangements. The pothole review report was published in April 2012 and the report can be found at the following weblink: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/potholes-review-prevention-and-a-better-cure In addition a follow up report was published on 11 July 2013 which highlights progress being made and how the recommendations from the 2012 report are now starting to be embedded by the sector. This can be found at the following weblink: http://www.dft.gov.uk/hmep/docs/potholesreview0913final-01.pdf The Department for Transport has just commissioned a project to assess the costs and benefits of highways maintenance expenditure. It is expected the project will help local highway authorities demonstrate the value for money and efficiency of investment in highway maintenance, as well as obtaining wider understanding of the relationship between road condition and economic benefits such as disruption, increased user costs and vehicle wear and tear.