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
Thank you for your recent FOI / EIR request. Please find attached an acknowledgement for this request.
Dear Chloe Ostrolenk
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your request for information received on 31^st August 2021.
We have considered your request and enclose the following information:
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.
Please see response in the attached spreadsheet as requested.
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.
Please see response in the attached spreadsheet as requested.
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).
Please see response in the attached spreadsheet as requested.
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).
The following amounts have been paid in respect of compensation for
potholes/road defects on the carriageway:
01.01.19 – 31.12.19 = £ 8,411.41
01.01.20 – 31.12.20 = £ 435.60
01.01.21 – 06.09.21 = £ 6,533.08
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.
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