Highway Maintenance, Whitestone

In relation to Rowhorne Road, Whitestone, EX4 2HP (between Glebe Farm and Waddlesdown Cross), please provide the following:

1) A copy of your current road maintenance policy relating to that road. Please provide the full policy, but this should include details of the intended frequency of road safety inspections, how these inspections should be conducted and the maximum time between identification of a defect and repairs being carried out.

Please see Devon County Council’s Highway Safety Policy.

2) A copy of the road repair history for that road over the past year. Again, please provide the full road repair history, but this should include:

– Dates of all safety inspections between 18th December 2023 and 17th March 2024.
– Details of how safety inspections were undertaken (walked or driven, speed of inspection vehicle, etc).
– Details of all carriageway defects identified, with description, precise location, date and time.
– Details of how the authority handled these defects, what repairs were undertaken, and when, and the time between the identification of each defect and a repair being carried out.

Please refer to this Highway Maintenance, Whitestone document.

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