Dear Sir or Madam,

During 2007, permanent traffic lights were installed on a sliproad
off the A1231, and the adjoining roundabout, coinciding with
roadworks taking place on the A1231. Some months later, following
the completion of these roadworks, the lights were removed. The
roundabout in question is that which is clearly shown on the
following map -
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...
and links the A1231, Windlass Lane, and a road leading up to the
Galleries Shopping Centre.

1) Why were permanent - rather than temporary - traffic lights
installed on this sliproad and roundabout?

2) Was any consideration given as to whether the installation of
temporary traffic lights would be more appropriate? If so, please
provide me with any relevant details.

3) Were cost estimates taken of the installation of temporary,
rather than permanent, lights? If so, please provide me with any
relevant details.

4) At what cost were these traffic lights installed and
subsequently removed?

Please treat each of the above requests separately: if any or all
of these requests for information cannot be fulfilled, please
inform me of your reasons for doing so in each case. Furthermore,
if any of these questions fall under the jurisdiction other public
bodies, please inform me of which bodies these would be.

Many thanks in advance for your co-operation,

Yours faithfully,

Steven

Dear Sir or Madam,

I contacted you on 19 May 2008 with a request under the Freedom of
Information Act. A response was due by 17 June 2008 under the
provisions of the Act, but no such response has been received.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Hall

We have no record of your request dated the 19th May 2008. If you would
like to forward the details we will be happy to deal with the request
and identify any information that can be provided.

Regards

Darren Rigg
Information Manager
City Solicitors
Sunderland City Council

0191 553 1941
[email address]

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Dear Sir or Madam,

This is a duplicate of a request lodged on 19 May 2008 which you
claimed, on 26 June 2008, to have never received.

During 2007, permanent traffic lights were installed on a sliproad
off the A1231, and the adjoining roundabout, coinciding with
roadworks taking place on the A1231. Some months later, following
the completion of these roadworks, the lights were removed. The
roundabout in question is that which is clearly shown on the
following map - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl... and links
the A1231, Windlass Lane, and a road leading up to the Galleries
Shopping Centre.

1) Why were permanent - rather than temporary - traffic lights
installed on this sliproad and roundabout?

2) Was any consideration given as to whether the installation of
temporary traffic lights would be more appropriate? If so, please
provide me with any relevant details.

3) Were cost estimates taken of the installation of temporary,
rather than permanent, lights? If so, please provide me with any
relevant details.

4) At what cost were these traffic lights installed and
subsequently removed?

Please treat each of the above requests separately: if any or all
of these requests for information cannot be fulfilled, please
inform me of your reasons for doing so in each case. Furthermore,
if any of these questions fall under the jurisdiction other public
bodies, please inform me of which bodies these would be.

Many thanks in advance for your co-operation,

Yours faithfully,

Steven

Dear Mr Hall

Thank you for your interest in information that may be held by the Council. Your questions have been logged under Customer No 737, Query No 1065 and will now be passed to the appropriate Link Officers for action and reply.

Your remarks regarding our earlier non-receipt of your enquiry are noted - in response I can advise it may be that the Council's e-mail filters had identified your initial request as SPAM and disposed of it accordingly. I understand this is not an uncommon occurrence amongst filtering technologies in general and have taken steps to ensure our ICT Department updates our inbound systems accordingly to minimise any future risk of hindrance to correspondence from yourselves.

Your request to treat each question as a separate request is acknowledged, but as they are all substantially concerned with a single specific issue the Council reserves the right to aggregate your questions for fees purposes as permitted under Paragraphs 5(1)(a) and 5(2)(a) of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No 3244 of 2004).

I trust this is satisfactory,

O Thomas
Sunderland City Council

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