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Radio Leicester,4 mins

New 'hotbox' vehicles deployed to repair potholes

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New 'Roadmender' vehicles have been deployed across Leicestershire in a bid to make pothole repairs more efficient. The five vehicles, known as hotboxes, cost about £750,000 in total and include digital technology which allows good-quality repairs to be made at several locations every day. Leicestershire County Council says the 'Roadmenders' will replace older vehicles and will repair thousands of potholes and defects across 2,575 miles (4144km) of county roads. Âé¶¹Éç Leicester reporter Conor O'Grady got on his high-vis jacket and hard hat and went to find out more, and civil engineer Alex Romankiw spoke to Âé¶¹Éç Leicester's Emma Caldwell.

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