1. Does the council currently have a policy of removing existing, or not installing new cattle grids? If so, why?
No the County Council does not have such a policy
2. Please state the total number of cattle grids the Council is responsible for, the total number of cattle grids removed, number of accidents reported involving cattle grids and number of complaints involving cattle grids, number of requests for removal of cattle grids and number of requests for implementation of new cattle grids in the area the Council is responsible for, in the following years?
Please see the table below:
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 to (end of Sept 2023) | |
| Number of cattle grids on roads maintained by the council | 200 | 200 |
200 |
200 |
| Number of cattle grids removed by the council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of new cattle grids installed by the council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of accidents* involving animals and cattle grids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of accidents* involving people and cattle grids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of complaints # involving cattle grids | 22 | 23 | 13 | 11 |
| Number of requests for removal of cattle grids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of requests for implementation of new cattle grids | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
* From a search of our collision database of Police reported injury collisions (accidents).
It should be noted that the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 are all completed validated years, whilst the 2023 collisions are currently unvalidated so they can be subject to change. The County Council may not have received from the Police all collision reports from 1st Jan to 30th sept 2023, sometimes there can be extensive delays to receiving the reports due to procedural or clerical issues. There are collisions that have occurred close to cattle grids but after checking the Police recorded descriptions of the collisions it would appear that none involved the cattle grid.
# Reports of damaged or blocked cattle grids and associated gates / fencing. Not formal complaints
3. For each of the following calendar years, please state the Council’s total expenditure on cattle grids separating out implementing new ones, repairs to existing ones and removing cattle grids (as per grid below):
Please see the table below:
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (up until Sept 2023) | |
| Expenditure on implementing new cattle grids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Expenditure on repairing* existing cattle grids | 96229 | 82937 | 84495 | 82266 |
| Expenditure on removing cattle grids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Expenditure on repair and renewal