Street Repairs In The Daily And Sunday Express

Got A problem? Need the urgent help of your MP? Lucky constituents in Rossendale and Darwen will and it is easier than ever after MP Jake Berry became the first in the country to launch his own app. Now, a click on a mobile phone is all it takes for them to “Tell Jake” about their latest concerns.

The idea came to the Tory after the success of the Preston-based Street Repairs app, which enables users to report potholes and other highway issues. Alas, the idea has not received wholehearted endorsement from all MPs.

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Road Safety Week – Doing Your Bit Using The 'Street Repairs' App

With the theme for this years' Road Safety Awareness Week being, "Look out for each other" we've come across another way of helping out fellow road users.

Virtually any problem can now be answered with "there's an app for that!" Reporting problems with roads and streets is now included, using an app called 'Street Repairs'. 

So will it make potholes a thing of the past? 

What Is Street Repairs?

The app is designed to allow smartphone users to report a number of faults. Approximately 87% of all faults reported using the app have been potholes, but the app also allows a number of different faults to be reported, such as broken streetlights, missing manhole covers and fly-tipping. 

If you see a problem, there's a good chance that you can report it through the app, so it's worth taking a look. 

The app is relatively straightforward to use, making it possible to report faults as and when you see them, providing you don't use your phone and drive! You type in your location, or allow it to use location services, pick a problem from the drop down list, add a photo and that’s it. You can add as much information as you need to the report in order to help identify the exact nature of the problem. 

Proving the convenience of the app, one user reported floating debris in the North Sea from his boat. 

How Will It Help Prevent Accidents?

If a pothole is reported to the council responsible for the road, or to the highways agency if it's a motorway, they may be responsible for any injury or damage caused by the pothole after it is reported. It may be that the council is unaware of a problem. This is a good incentive for everyone to look out for one another, to help prevent accidents. 

We are supporting the Street Repairs team and their app by offering their reporting function on our own website. 

Anyone can potentially add it to their own website by contacting them. Those who currently do this include the RAC who endorse the app. 

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Pothole campaign by Leyland based website goes viral

A national pothole campaign launched by Leyland-based streetrepairs.co.uk has gone viral.

Colin Mahoney set up the website and mobile phone app in January this year, in a bid to make it easier for people to report road and footpath defects to highways authorities.

Users upload the image to the Street Repairs site along with a short description. The exact location is identified by GPS satellite, so contact details for the appropriate council or authority are not required as Street Repairs takes reports made to their site and ensures they are brought to the attention of the appropriate people.

Now, working with organisations including the RAC, Halfords and Darwen MP Jake Berry, Colin is about to host the first ever National Pot Hole Day on January 15.

The idea is to encourage everyone to submit reports of outstanding issues on the day.

Colin said: “Since I launched the countdown to National Pot Hole Day it’s gone viral.

“Reports are coming on a minute by minute basis and in four days our Twitter followers have increased from 54,000 to over 68,000.”

He added: “I’ve got to say, the authorities are great, they’re acknowledging the reports and being very proactive. Lancashire County Council especially have been very good.”

Five people work with Colin on a voluntary basis and he employs website developer to work on the site.

Speaking about the inspiration for the site, he said: “I’m a software developer and an avid motorcyclist. A couple of years ago I took a ride out with my friend. He was on his own bike which hit a pothole, launching him over the handlebars. He suffered a broken wrist and severe damage to his bike.

“After he got out of hospital we tried to report the issue to the local authority online. After 20 minutes of frustratingly trying to make a report we simply picked up the phone.

“Another 20 minutes later and after being passed from pillar to post, we explained exactly where the defect was, what had happened in great detail only to be given a reference number.

“Our initial concern was that it could happen to other road users. After a couple of weeks I had a ‘eureka’ moment and Street Repairs was born.”

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Street Repairs endorsed by UNIPART

Street Repairs endorsed by UNIPART

Reporting Potholes In Real Time With Street Repairs

Hit a pothole or just fed up with driving over them every day? The good news is there is now an easy way to report them and do your bit towards getting them repaired. Our friends over at Street Repairs have provided us with this great blog.
 
My name is Colin Mahoney and myself and my friend, who are both software developers, decided that something needed to be done about the state of our roads and communities nationwide. It all begins with the reporting of road defects and how quickly and easily this can be achieved by motorists and members of the public.
 
Since our launch in January of this year, we have achieved many milestones, awards and the respect from the public.
 
The Street Repairs website is supported by a powerful mobile phone application and is designed to assist motorists, the Highways Agency and local authorities to quickly identify community issues, such as potholes, street lighting faults, pavement issues and much more in real time. It also comes with its own (white label API).
 
The Street Repairs street fault reporting system is a unique system in that reports to local authorities and the highways agency can be made in less than two minutes in real time. You the public where crying out for such an app so after listening to our many thousands of followers we designed this amazing free app just for you. Now you can report any street fault from anywhere at any time and our amazing app will do everything else.
 
The Street Repairs app can identify a user’s location using the mobile phones GPS. It then instantly recognises which council or local authority to send the detailed report through to in real time. With location markers and the ability to highlight dangerous defects this app will be a must have for your smartphone.
 
Up to three photos can be quickly uploaded to show defects in great detail. Our app will then compile a detailed report on your behalf and send it to the appropriate authority. You can remain anonymous whilst making a report or if you choose to register with us you will receive instant text messages and email alerts about the report you made through street repairs. We will keep you right up to date with your reported fault at all times. You also have the ability to showcase your report to your friends and family via social media.
 
Our motto is simple, “let’s fix Britain together” Now with this powerful street fault reporting app you have the opportunity to make changes for the better to your community, your roads and your country.

App links Apple and Android.

Street Repairs Teams Up With The RAC

The multiple award winning Street Repairs website has today announced that they have teamed up with the UK’s largest recovery motoring organisation the RAC. StreetRepairs.co.uk realised that 86% of reported problems that originated from their online fault reporting system related to potholes. This new initiative is yet another way of assisting UK road users when their vehicles are damaged by the dreaded pothole or other road defects.

Street Repairs is an online tool that empowers road users to bring maintenance and repair issues to the attention of their local councils or the highways agency, quickly and easily, via their smartphone. The Street Repairs system is available nationwide either as a website or a mobile phone app which empowers road users to improve the quality of their streets and roads.

Mr Colin Mahoney, head of PR said Street Repairs has teamed up with The RAC to make it easier for British road users to report street and road faults.

Speaking about the collaboration, Mr Mahoney said: "Working with one of The RAC to ensure the safety of road users is yet another exciting step towards raising the national profile of Street Repairs, and encouraging more people to get involved with the issue of road maintenance. Something needed to be done so we teamed up with The RAC".

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The cloud based system is free for the end user, and can be accessed from smartphones, tablets and computers. To report a problem in under 2 minutes, users simply capture a photograph of the issue, and submit it via Street Repairs with information about the location, and nature of the fault. The details are then passed on to the relevant authority or the highways agency in real time. Users can choose to make the report anonymously, or submit their telephone number and receive updates via text.

Thanks to Street Repairs, motorists no longer need to track down the appropriate department or telephone number before reporting a problem, they simply submit the information online and Street Repairs takes care of the rest.

With more road fault reports being submitted and greater visibility of the progress of repairs, road users, councils and the highways agency can work together to keep roads safe and free from potholes and other road defects.

Street Repairs (streetrepairs.co.uk) has shown a huge increase in social activity over the past months has attracted tens of thousands of hits. The site is accumulating more detailed reports from road users than ever before. It is hoped that exposure to RAC customers will generate further substantial increase in faults reported, as more and more members of the public become actively involved in monitoring the condition of the roads they use.

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