Number of roadworks 2019-2021

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Dear Argyll and Bute Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the number of street works and road works carried out by the council for both the 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial years.

If possible, I would also like to know the longest-running works that took place in both of these periods.

Yours faithfully,
Jamie Dixon

foi, Argyll and Bute Council

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Administrator,


Dear Jamie Dixon

Request for information: Number of roadworks 2019-2021

Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:13257.

It has been passed to the relevant service(s) for attention and you should
receive a response under either the Freedom of Information (Scot) Act 2002
or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by 2021-10-14
00:00:00. We hope to respond within this timescale but, due to the
staffing/capacity issues with COVID-19, some requests may take little
longer.

Please quote the reference number above in any correspondence you may have
with the Council in regard to this request.

Regards

FOI Officer

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Sinclair, David, Argyll and Bute Council

Classification: OFFICIAL

Dear Jamie Dixon,

 

Request for information: Road Works

Reference: argyllbuteir: 13257

 

I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs).

 

Please see below information in fulfilment of your request.

 

·       Number of street works and road works carried out by the council
for both the 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial years.

Response: 2019/20 – 873. 2020/21 – 787.

·       The longest-running works that took place in both of these periods

Response: 2019/20 – 345 days. 2020/21 – 577 days.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request for information
has been dealt with you are entitled to request a review by writing to the
Executive Director Customer Services, Argyll and Bute Council, Kilmory,
Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RT, or by email to [1][Argyll and Bute Council request email].

 

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correspondence, specify the request for information to which your request
for review relates and why you are dissatisfied with the response. 

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

David Sinclair

Compliance and Regulatory Assistant

Legal and Regulatory Services

01546 604352

 

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