Potholes and street repairs in Utkinton and Cotebrook Parish during the period april 2022 to april 2023

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Dear Cheshire West and Chester Council,

It has become increasing apparent to road users in (and through) this Parish that the 15, or so, miles of road from, 'A' to 'Unclassified' have seen the numbers of carriageway faults increase almost exponentially. Many cannot be classified on your website;
Where a pothole is at least:
4cm deep on a road
2.5cm on a pavement
Please use the report it button below and we will investigate.
For potholes that fall outside of the criteria, we have routine maintenance and resurfacing plans in place.

Two roads were resurfaced in recent years - Tirley Lane and Heaths Lane and, on both, the road surface is showing significant deterioration, other 'through routes' (John Street, Wood Lane and Utkinton lane) are showing significant stages of being in need of repair or replacement.

Can you please provide a list of all the road repairs undertaken together with the reference number and date on which it was undertaken. If possible the cost of each repair.

Yours faithfully,

Francis Tunney
Councillor, Utkinton and Cotebrook Parish Council.

FOI West, Cheshire West and Chester Council

RE: Your request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Reference: RFI 6742

Dear Francis Tunney

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Dear Francis Tunney,

 

Thank you for your request for information of 4 June 2023 which has been
logged as RFI 6742 and has been dealt with under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 act. (The environmental version of Freedom of
information Act 2000) We confirm that Cheshire West and Chester Council
holds information relating to your request. We apologise for the delay in
responding.

 

For the purpose of clarity your request has been reproduced below:

 

It has become increasing apparent to road users in (and through) this
Parish that the 15, or so, miles of road from, 'A' to 'Unclassified' have
seen the numbers of carriageway faults increase almost exponentially. 
Many cannot be classified on your website; Where a pothole is at least:

4cm deep on a road

2.5cm on a pavement

Please use the report it button below and we will investigate.

For potholes that fall outside of the criteria, we have routine
maintenance and resurfacing plans in place.

 

Two roads were resurfaced in recent years - Tirley Lane and Heaths Lane
and, on both, the road surface is showing significant deterioration, other
'through routes' (John Street, Wood Lane and Utkinton lane) are showing
significant stages of being in need of repair or replacement.

 

Can you please provide a list of all the road repairs undertaken together
with the reference number and date on which it was undertaken. If possible
the cost of each repair.

 

Please find enclosed the information in attached PDF files. it is not
possible to list the cost of each repair as the information is not held
this way, road maintenance crews submit invoices on a monthly basis for
multiple repairs done in a day or week hence there is no breakdown of
individual repairs. Please note this information is not to be passed on to
any other party.

 

 

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