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
Dear Chloe Ostrolenk
Freedom of Information Act 2000 Reference: FOI-10201-2021
Thank you for your request for information regarding potholes and/or road
defects, which was received on 01/09/2021.
The council aims to provide you with the information within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days in this case the date is 28/09/2021.
Subject to the information not being exempt or containing any references
to third parties.
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Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
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Good evening,
Please can you let me know when you might be able to share this information?
Many thanks,
Chloe
Hi Chloe,
Thank you for your email and I am sorry that as of yet, you have not had a response to your FOI request.
We have received most of the responses to your request, but we are still waiting for information and clarification on some of the questions asked.
Please be advised that we did need to split up the request (which was then sent out to various departments within the organisation to provide the answers to), so it is taking longer than usual to collate all of the information.
Hopefully we will have all the answers soon and a response will be with you just as soon as we can.
Thank you for your patience.
Kind Regards,
Jayne Harty
Information Governance & Complaints Officer | Service Centre
Corporate Customer and Community Services Directorate| Cumbria County Council
Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park | Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
m: 07876446411
www.cumbria.gov.uk
Dear Chloe Ostrolenk
Freedom of Information Act 2000, Reference: FOI-10201-2021
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
[1]https://cumbria.gov.uk
References
Visible links
1. https://cumbria.gov.uk/
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