Road closures due to adverse weather for certain dates

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Dear Fife Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would be grateful if you could provide me information on the closures of the council's roads, due to adverse weather (particularly due to flooding/ surface water/ rainfall) for the following dates:

- 21/11/2017
- 06/03/2018 & 07/03/2018
- 07/08/2019
- 10/08/2019
- 04/11/2019

Specifically, I would appreciate if you could provide, for each of the above dates:
- the name and/or coordinates of the council's road(s) that closed due to adverse weather, and/or heavy rainfall, and/or flooding;
- the time of the above closure(s);
- the date and time of the re-opening of the above roads.

Yours faithfully,

Georgia Boura

Fife Council

Dear Georgia Boura,

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I refer to your request for information dated 25/01/2021, our ref: 33922 relating to road closures.

The information you have requested is subject to the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004, therefore, requires us under Freedom of Information Act 2002 to apply exemption S39 (2)(a) Health, Safety and the Environment, as the information is obliged by regulations under S62 to make available to the public in accordance with the regulation.

We will continue to proceed with your request under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004, which allows us 20 working days from the date after receipt of your original request.

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Head of Legal & Democratic Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [email address]. The law provides for you to make this request up to 40 workings days from when you receive this correspondence. We add a further three working days to allow time for delivery of our response giving you up to 43 working days from the date of this correspondence to ask for a review. Where the outcome of the review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision.

Fife Council will consider and seek to resolve any request to the Head of Legal & Democratic Services that falls outside this timescale.

Please note that due to the public health situation with Coronavirus we may be unable to respond within the timescale.

Yours sincerely

D Boyack
Information Requests

Denise Boyack, Fife Council

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Dear Georgia Boura,

 

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004 – REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION

 

I refer to your information request received 25/01/2021, our ref: 33922. 

 

I am pleased to enclose the information you requested and trust that it
meets your requirements.

 

REQUEST

I would be grateful if you could provide me information on the closures of
the council's roads, due to adverse weather (particularly due to flooding/
surface water/ rainfall) for the following dates:

- 21/11/2017
- 06/03/2018 & 07/03/2018
- 07/08/2019
- 10/08/2019
- 04/11/2019

Specifically, I would appreciate if you could provide, for each of the
above dates:
- the name and/or coordinates of the council's road(s) that closed due to
adverse weather, and/or heavy rainfall, and/or flooding;
- the time of the above closure(s);
- the date and time of the re-opening of the above roads

 

RESPONSE

Please see attached. The information provided is all road closures that
were posted online during the period requested. 

 

I would like to draw your attention to the copyright situation in relation
to the material.

 

The Council holds the copyright for all of the material provided and it
may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring
specific permission.  This is subject to the material not being used in a
derogatory manner or in a misleading context.  The source of the material
must be acknowledged as Fife Council and the title of the document must be
included when being reproduced as part of another publication or service.

 

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you
have the right to request a review of the decision.  Please write to: Head
of Legal & Democratic Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House,
North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [1][email address]
.  The law provides for you to make this request up to 40 workings days
from when you receive this correspondence.  We add a further three working
days to allow time for delivery of our response giving you up to 43
working days from the date of this correspondence to ask for a review. 
Where the outcome of the review fails to resolve the matter to your
complete satisfaction you have the right to apply to the Scottish
Information Commissioner for a decision.
[2]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal 

 

Yours sincerely

 

D Boyack

Information Requests

 

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