Potholes and road defects
Good afternoon,
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act:
1. The total number of potholes and/or road defects reported in your local area, broken down by month for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 to date.
2. The total number of potholes and/or road defects fixed by the council, broken down by month for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 to date.
3. The amount of money spent by the council on fixing potholes and/or road defects broken down by year, for 2019, 2020 and 2021 (calendar years if possible, please).
4. The total amount of money paid out in compensation due to potholes and/or road defects, broken down by year for 2019, 2020, 2021 (calendar years if possible, please).
5. And if possible, please can you give an indication of the amount of time taken to fix a single pothole (from starting work on the fix to the road being open again)?
If limited by time, please prioritise in order of Q1, Q2, Q3, etc.
If possible, please provide data in an Excel format.
Any queries, please let me know.
Best wishes,
Chloe
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Dear Chloe Ostrolenk
Request for information: Potholes and road defects
Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:13199.
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 2021-09-30
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.
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Dear Ms Ostrolenk,
Request for information: Potholes and Road Defects
Reference: argyllbuteir: 13199
I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs).
Please see below and attached information in fulfilment of your request.
1. The total number of potholes and/or road defects reported in your
local area, broken down by month for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 to
date. Response: Please see attached spreadsheet.
2. The total number of potholes and/or road defects fixed by the
council, broken down by month for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 to date.
Response: Please see attached spreadsheet.
3. The amount of money spent by the council on fixing potholes and/or
road defects broken down by year, for 2019, 2020 and 2021 (calendar years
if possible, please).
Response: We do not hold this data in calendar years, the information
provided is in financial years.
2019-20 £1,604,929
2020-21 £1,701,197
2021-22 £900,282 (as at 31^st August)
4. The total amount of money paid out in compensation due to potholes
and/or road defects, broken down by year for 2019, 2020, 2021 (calendar
years if possible, please). Response: Please see below.
2019 - £4,300.11
2020 - £3,158.02
2021 - £1,087.23
5. And if possible, please can you give an indication of the amount of
time taken to fix a single pothole (from starting work on the fix to the
road being open again)?
Response: We do not hold this information, therefore your request is
refused under Regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs. Every defect is different
and repair time depends on a number of variables.
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].
Your request for review must state your name and address for
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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the expiry of the 20 working day period for response to your initial
request by the Council, or not later than 40 working days after the
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Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DS (Tel: 01334 464610) for a
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decision you are dissatisfied with or within 6 months of the expiry of the
period of 20 working days from receipt by the Council of your request for
review.
Yours sincerely,
David Sinclair
Compliance and Regulatory Assistant
Legal and Regulatory Services
01546 604352
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