Please provide:
1. A copy of your current road maintenance policy relating to that road. Please send me 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.
Our Highway Safety Policy can be viewed online. With respect to this road and with reference to the highway safety policy, we can confirm the following further details for this highway:
Hierarchy Classification: Category 7 Collector Road, inspected 6 monthly
Road/Section Number: C56
2. A copy of the road repair history over the last year. Again, please send me the full road repair history, but this should include;
– dates of all safety inspections between 22nd of September and 22nd of November 2021
– details of how inspections were undertaken (walked or driven, speed of inspection vehicle etc)
– details of all carriageway defects identified, with description, date and time
– details of how the authority handled these defects, what repairs were undertaken and the time between the identification of each defect and the repair being carried out.
A record of the safety inspections, the identified defects and the action taken can be found here
Carriageway Safety Inspection Dates:
5 June 08, 10 September 08, 15 April 09, 25 June 09, 25 November 09, 5 February 10, 13 February 10 (ad hoc eir inspection potholes only), 30 April 10 (ad hoc eir inspection potholes only), 5 July 11 (ad hoc eir inspection potholes only), 22 July 11, 13 January 12, 24 August 12 (ad hoc pip inspection potholes only), 12 September 12, 23 January 13 (ad hoc pip inspection potholes only), 15 March 13, 4 August 13 (ad hoc pip inspection potholes only), 9 September 13, 27 March 14, 25 September 14, 14 March 15, 28 September 15, 30 March 16, 26 August 16, 24 February 17, 22 August 17, 14 March 18, 2 October 18, 22 March 19, 30 Sept 19, 31 March 20, 17 Septepmber 20, 25 March 21, 4 October 21.
Inspections are carried out by car driven at a slow speed; usually with one driver and the inspector as a passenger. During the COVID pandemic, this practice has changed for safety reasons and the driver has carried out the inspections.