I am getting in contact asking information regarding their road maintenance policies such as:
1) Has the council moved to a risk based approach when it comes to fixing potholes? If so, when did this happen? Ideally, month/year but if not possible just year?
Yes, since September 2016
2) What is your safety inspection regime in terms of checking roads?
Please refer to our Highway Safety Policy
3) How do you classify road defects? Do you have a guide for this?
Please refer to our Highway Safety Policy
4) Do you have any guidance on when a repair needs to be made? ie) how big does a defect need to get?
Please refer to our Highway Safety Policy
5) What is your intervention/investigatory criteria specifically for potholes? Has this changed? Could you provide me with the previous criteria, if so?
Please refer to our Highway Safety Policy
Please note that our criteria for potholes has not changed for several years.