Road Inspection Statistics

Dear Mr Hazlem

I am writing to acknowledge your Information request received 5 February
2010

It has been allocated reference FOI61973

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides Public Authorities with 20
working days to process requests.

This period expires on 5 March 2010

Regards

Chris Daniels
Information Management Officer
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Legal Services
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF

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Dear Mr Hazlem

Further to your information request FOI61973, please find your questions
and our responses below:

Please note: For question 1 and 2 we have removed Personal Information
under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The exemption
that applies is section 40. Details of this exemption can be found on the
Information Commissioner's website: www.ico.gov.uk.

1. Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the
two years preceding 26th January 2010

Please see attached

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2. Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections
in the two years preceding 26th January 2010

Please see attached

3 Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including
whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the
number of persons in the vehicle.

Driven inspections are carried out by one or two people in a car which is
driven within the speed limit of the road in this case vehicle speed would
be 20mph to 25mph.

4. The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.

Bradenham Lane is currently inspected every six months.

5.Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway,
received in the two years preceding 26th January 2010.

Please see attached

6. The hierarchy classification

Bradenham Lane is an unclassified road the U8484.

7. The road/section number.

The road section numbers are U8484/1. It has one Unique Street Reference
Numbers (USRN) 44400182.

8. The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the
identification of all categories of carriageway potholes

The level of risk that a defect poses in each situation is different. In
order to keep to a minimum the amount onsite assessment made by the
Inspectors we have an existing level of risk assessment applied by using
defined intervention levels which differ depending on the classification
of the footway or carriageway concerned. This is because the risk of a
road user coming into contact with a defect rises with the rising level of
use of the highway in question.

9. The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary
and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.

Potholes which could constitute a serious hazard to users of the highway
to be made safe within 3 hours of being notified, followed by a full
repair as part of a works programme with the priority to be determined in
relation to the nature of the defect.

10. Whether or not the authority has formally adopted all or part of the
standards contained within the national code of practice for highways
maintenance management.

Not formally adopted yet. Document is being prepared at present.

This concludes your request FOI61973.

If you are dissatisfied in any way you may complain to Martin Tubbs,
Corporate Information and Compliance Manager by e-mail
[email address] or write to the address below.

Once you have exhausted the complaints procedure you may appeal to the
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF.

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Yours sincerely

Chris Daniels
Information Management Officer
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Legal Services
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF

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