Highway Bridges

Please could you provide me with the following information:
* The number of Highway bridges on your general inspection rota.

3,448.

* The number of retaining walls over 2m tall maintained by the council.

1,307.

* The number of Highway culverts inspected as part of your general inspection rota.

We don’t currently define any of our structures as culverts because we aren’t happy with the definition used. With a few exceptions, all of the bridges above will be at least 1.5m clear span unless the structure is corrugated steel in which case the minimum span is 0.9m.

* The number of personnel in your Highway Structures team – (or personnel specifically responsible for Highway structures).

37.

* The title and salary scale grades for the positions in the Highway Structures Team.

Chief Engineer Bridges and Structures L7

Principal Engineer Scale T

Senior Engineer Scale H

Engineer Scale G

Assistant Engineer Scale F

Graduate Engineer Scale E

Technician Scale E

Assistant Technician Scale D

Trainee Technician Scale C

Apprentices Scale A/B

Information on this can be found at the following link Pay Policy Statement (April 2023 – March 2024).