Freedom of information Request - Highways information
Dear West Sussex County Council,
Freedom of Information Act - Request for Information
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 North Lane, between South Harting and Nyewood, specifically the northbound carriageway just before the bend on which St Richards Cottages are located.
o Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the two years preceding the date of 13/03/2018
o Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections in the two years preceding 13/03/2018
o 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.
o The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.
o Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway, received in the two years preceding 13/03/2018
o The hierarchy classification.
o The road/section number.
o The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the identification of all categories of carriageway potholes (in other words, this means how they define a pothole as requiring attention)
o The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.
o 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.
Please forward all information by post or email within 28 days to:
Robynn Gordon
24 Nicolson Close,
Tangmere,
Chichester,
Yours faithfully,
Robynn Gordon
Dear Robynn Gordon,
Thank you for your enquiry, which has been forwarded to the appropriate
officers for a response. The usual timescale for a response is twenty
working days, that is by or on I May 2018.
If for any reason the Council needs to extend this timescale you will be
notified in accordance with the relevant legislation.
Please note that in 2012 the County Council adopted a position in
principle that FoI and EIR requests to West Sussex County Council and the
Council's responses may be published on the Council's website in a
suitably anonymised form. This is in addition to the individual response
to the requestor, and in line with the Council's commitment to
transparency and open data.
Yours sincerely,
Duncan Macdonald
Customer Relations Officer
Freedom Of Information | [1]West Sussex County Council | Location:
County Hall, Chichester PO19 1RQ
E-mail: [2][email address]
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Reference: 327103/1044530
Dear Mr Gordon
I refer to your request dated 31^st March 2018, which has been dealt with
under the Freedom of Information Act.
Your request related to North Lane, South Harting.
We have now completed a search for the information which you requested and
confirm that this Authority holds some data relevant to your request.
I am now able to respond to you with the following:
Please find attached the following:
1. Street History Report
2. Customer Service Report
3. Maintenance Policy
4. 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 - Answer is: Yes.
All the information you have requested is provided as above.
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own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
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The information that has been redacted from the disclosed material
constitutes third party personal data and therefore the Authority declines
to disclose it. The [exemption in s40(2) Freedom of Information Act 2000
has been applied as we consider none of the conditions in Schedule 2 of
the Data Protection Act 1998 have been met.
If you have any queries about any of this information, please contact me.
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Elaine
CIGroup FOI
WSCC
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