Help us name our pothole repair machine

We want to name our new 13 tonne pothole permanent repair machine but so far we’ve only come up with Filla Black or Holey Murs. Can you help?

Enter now

Enter our competition for your chance to see your winning family-friendly entry emblazoned across the front of this mighty machine. Send your entries to communications@midlothian.gov.uk 

Get involved on social media

Alternatively, you can share your suggestions as comments when we post reminders and our Pothole Pro video on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels with the hashtag #Midpotholecomp.The competition opens on Tuesday 16 May and ends on Tuesday 30 May at midnight. 

The prize

You’ll also scoop a family tubing session for up to six people. 

Watch Wayne waxing lyrical

For inspiration, watch our Operations and Asset Manager Wayne Clark explain more about the Pothole Pro, which can typically do a pothole that would take half a day in 30 minutes.

1,000 permanent repairs in first six months

Wayne and his team plan to repair 1,000 potholes permanently in the first six months of the machine’s use.