Blackhaugh (TD1 1TW) - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Blackhaugh (TD1 1TW)
FOI Number
202413
Date Received
04/01/2024
Type of Request
EIR
Request or Question
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act relating to a road your authority is responsible for maintaining. Specifically, my query relates to the road connecting the A7 and the B710 at the location of Blackhaugh (TD1 1TW).
Please can you send me:
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.
2) A copy of the road repair history for that road over the past year. Again, please send me the full road repair history, but this should include:
* dates of all safety inspections between 01/10/2023-18/12/2023
* 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.
Response
Policy and Standards for Safety Inspections Report attached. The road in question is inspected annually. See attached. Rural inspections are carried out from a slow moving vehicle. See attached. See attched. Some of the attached information has been redacted as this is third party personal information and is exempt from disclosure under Regulation 11(2) of EI(S)R 2004.
