1. What is the longest planned time between a logged defect report and actual inspection?
7 days
2. What is the longest planned time between agreeing a repair is required and carrying out that repair?
28 days (Cat 3 defect)
3. What is your process to ensure a road is made safe in under 2 hours from reporting?
Devon County Council does not hold this information. By way of assistance we can advise that this will depend on the nature of the issue. In many cases, Term Service Contractor will be despatched by our control room to assess risk and take action as required to make safe.
4. For driven Section 58 inspections, do you use geolocating to log the position and sizes of potholes?
Yes, GPS used when recording defects.
5. After driven S58 inspections, do you log outcomes in the highways database?
Yes, inspections and defects are logged within a works management system.
6. For driven S58 inspections, do you regularly record hazards due to vegetation, drainage or poor road signs?
Yes, please refer to Highway Safety Policy
7. What is the largest intervention criteria size of pothole before repair action is taken? i.e. X cm wide, Y cm long, Z cm deep.
Please refer to Highway Safety Policy
8. Aside from reporting defects via FixMyStreet or similar, do volunteers supplement your own officer/ contractor S58 inspections?
No, please refer to our Highway Safety Policy
9. How many street sweeping machines do you have access to?
Devon County Council does not hold this information. By way of assistance we can advise that machines are made available via our Term Service Contract and other frameworks for dealing with safety issues and facilitating preparatory works ahead of planned maintenance. Otherwise, street sweeping on a routine basis is a function of the district councils.
10. What proportion of your roads is swept at least every three months?
Please refer to the response to questions 6-8.
11. What proportion of non-channel road is swept, ie. at junctions and roundabouts?
Please refer to the response to questions 6-8.
12. What proportion of your potholes are filled by your-salaried teams compared with contractors?
Devon County Council does not hold this information. By way of assistance we can confirm that defect repairs, including potholes, are repaired via our Term Service Contract.