Highway Structures - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Highway Structures
FOI Number: 2024136
Date Received: 24/01/2024
Type of Request: EIR
Request or Question: * The number of Highway bridges on your general inspection rota.* The number of retaining walls over 2m tall maintained by the council
* The number of Highway culverts inspected as part of your general inspection rota
* The number of personnel in your Highway Structures team - (or personnel specifically responsible for Highway structures)
* The tite and salary scale grades for the positions in the Highway Structures Team
Response: 1197 >= 0.9m span, including ‘bridges’ and ‘culverts’ Some of the information you have requested cannot be provided because Scottish Borders Council does not hold it and therefore we give notice of under 10(4)(a) of EI(S)R 2004. Culvert numbers are included within the 1197 figure above. Our records do not specifically identify those road structures which have the culvert definition as follows: “…a drainage structure passing beneath a highway embankment that has a proportion of the embankment, rather than a bridge deck, between its uppermost point and the road running course…”. 3 full time members of staff. 1 x Senior Structural Engineer (Grade 10); 1 x Engineer (Grade 9), 1 x Assistant Engineer (Grade 8).