B3196 North of Loddiswell (50.3283130 – 3.8008760)
Send a copy of:
1) your current road maintenance policy relating to that road. 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.
This road is a maintenance Category 6 ‘Local Distributor’ road. The road is routinely inspected every 6 months. Inspections will be driven at a speed appropriate to the road. Time between identification of defects and their repair will be determined through a risk-based approach, ranging from 2 hours up to 28 days.
Information can be found in the published Highway Safety Policy and Highways Safety Inspections
2) the road repair history for that road over the past year. Again, send the full road repair history, but this should include:
– dates of all safety inspections between 27th February 2021 – 26th December 2020
– details of how safety 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 a repair being carried out
Following a search for the B3196 North of Loddiswell (50.328310 – 3.8008760, the road from Fernhill Cross to Loddiswell Butts, Loddiswell) the map and inspection report shows a 6 monthly inspection undertaken on 17 February 2021, with no defects recorded.
In addition, there is a record on the Council’s iWays system showing this road was inspected again on the 18 February 2021 at 9:48
Inspect Name: DH6M (CW6&7)
Defects Present: No
Weather: Raining
Survey Method: Driven
Driver: SKAN
Conditions: Wet