FOI release

Road Repair - Backbury ward

Case reference EIR2024/00631

Published 29 April 2024

Request

I would like all the information available on the outstanding highways defects in Backbury ward, in an excel sheet, for the period from 1/1/20 to current. I'd like to know the location of the defect, date of inspection, what category has been assigned to the defect, and a likely date of repair if it has been programmed. If no date of repair has been set, I'd like to know why.

Response

I would like all the information available on the outstanding highways defects in Backbury ward, in an excel sheet, for the period from 1/1/20 to current. I'd like to know the location of the defect, date of inspection, what category has been assigned to the defect, and a likely date of repair if it has been programmed. If no date of repair has been set, I'd like to know why.

A) Please see the attached EIR2024 00631 Backbury Ward Outstanding Jobs Spreadsheet.

The Service Area have advised that all Category 2c works are added to the forward programme of works with no specific completion date, as stated in the Herefordshire Council's Highways Maintenance Plan (HMP), which is available on the Herefordshire Council website via the following link:

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/5210/highway-maintenance-plan-covid-19

These are completed as funding streams allow. Should the defect increase in severity in the intervening period, a further defect at a higher category will be raised with the associated timeframe for completion, as laid out in the HMP.

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