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Eden District Council

Town Hall, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7QF

Email: [1][Eden District Council request email]

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Dear Requester

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 31/Aug/2021.  We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 07720 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.

We aim to respond to your request no later than 29/Sep/2021.

Description of 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.
 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)?

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.

Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received.  However, please be aware that some services may experience a
reduction in staffing levels due to absence or because resources have been
diverted to support frontline services to respond to the Covid-19
pandemic. Therefore, in some cases there may be a delay in issuing a
response. In the meantime, you may find some of the information you are
looking for on the searchable Disclosure Log: [1]Responses to Freedom of
Information Requests on our website.

Yours faithfully

Eden District Council

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]

Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF

www.eden.gov.uk

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Dear Chloe

Freedom of Information Request Relating to Potholes and road defects

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request which has been logged under reference FOI: 07720.

Please note that as a district council we do not have responsibility for highways.

Go to Freedom of Information on Cumbria County Council’s website to make your FOI request.

Yours sincerely

Eden District Council

FOI team
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF
Tel: 01768 817817
E-mail: [Eden District Council request email]

www.eden.gov.uk

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