Dear Mr Doran

FOI Request ref:  2563/ Doran/ Safety Inspections - Plawhatch lane

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Dear Mr Doran

 

FOI Request ref:  2563/ Doran/ Safety Inspections - Plawhatch Lane

Thank you for your request for information about the above, which has been
dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your
request and our response are set out below. Please note that the
information is provided subject to the copyright and reuse of information
terms and conditions set out at the bottom of this email.

Request and our response:

Under the general requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
would be grateful if you would provide the following information in
relation to Plawhatch Lane, and in particular the section between
Grinsetad Lane  and Legsheath lane" ( I belive this is road section
1440c2/00020)

- Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the two
years prior to 1/1/2013. Attached.

- Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections
in the two years preceding 1/1/2013. Attached.

- 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. Monthly driven, 2 people.

- The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections. See page 30 of
attached TAAMPD document.

- Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway,
received in the two years preceding 1/1/2013. Attached.

- The hierarchy classification. See page 8 of attached TAAMPD document.

- The road/section number. Plawhatch Lane, C2 Section 20.

- The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the
identification of all categories of carriageway potholes. See page 44 of
attached TAAMPD document.

- The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary
and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects. See page 42 of
attached TAAMPD document.

- 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. Yes.

<<Defect Repair Log[1].pdf>> <<Basic Safety Inspection[1].pdf>> <<TAMPMMPD
issued April 2007.pdf>> <<Enquiries by road section.pdf>>

       
 

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Daniel Ellis

Freedom of Information Officer

 

East Sussex County Council

Governance and Community Services Department

C3F, County Hall

St Anne’s Crescent

Lewes

East Sussex BN7 1UE

 

Phone: 01273 482913
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