Road repairs on Folly Lane in St Albans

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Dear Hertfordshire County Council,

Please provide me with the following in relation to the condition of the highway in Folly Lane, St Albans.

◦Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway since January 20008

◦Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections since January 20008

◦Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the number of persons involved.

◦The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.

◦Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway, received since January 2008.

◦The hierarchy classification.

◦The road/section number.

◦The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the identification of all categories of carriageway potholes (in other words, this means how they define a pothole as requiring attention)

◦The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.

◦Whether or not you have formally adopted all or part of the standards contained within the national code of practice for highways maintenance management.

Yours faithfully,

Ethan Kelly-Wilson

Herts Direct,

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Subject Freedom of Information
request - Road repairs on
Folly Lane in St Albans

Dear Hertfordshire County Council,

Please provide me with the following in relation to the condition
of the highway in Folly Lane, St Albans.

***Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway
since January 20008

***Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety
inspections since January 20008

***Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken,
including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection
vehicle and the number of persons involved.

***The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.

***Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the
carriageway, received since January 2008.

***The hierarchy classification.

***The road/section number.

***The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the
identification of all categories of carriageway potholes (in other
words, this means how they define a pothole as requiring attention)

***The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair
(temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.

***Whether or not you have formally adopted all or part of the
standards contained within the national code of practice for
highways maintenance management.

Yours faithfully,

Ethan Kelly-Wilson

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Information Governance,

Reference number: EIR/ENV/02/10/1885

Dear Ethan Kelly-Wilson,

Thank you for your correspondence of 25th February 2010 requesting the
following information:

'Please provide me with the following in relation to the condition
of the highway in Folly Lane, St Albans.

◦Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway
since January 20008

◦Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety
inspections since January 20008

◦Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken,
including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection
vehicle and the number of persons involved.

◦The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.

◦Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the
carriageway, received since January 2008.

◦The hierarchy classification.

◦The road/section number.

◦The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the
identification of all categories of carriageway potholes (in other
words, this means how they define a pothole as requiring attention)

◦The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair
(temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.

◦Whether or not you have formally adopted all or part of the
standards contained within the national code of practice for
highways maintenance management.'

Your request for information is being considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004. We will respond to your request as quickly
as possible, and by 26th March 2010 at the latest.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us, quoting
the reference number on this email.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Unit
Hertfordshire County Council
Telephone: 01992 555848
Fax: 01992 588117
Email: [email address]

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Information Governance,

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Dear Mr Kelly-Wilson,

Reference number: EIR/ENV/02/10/1885

On 26th February 2010 we received the following request for information
from you:

"Please provide me with the following in relation to the condition
of the highway in Folly Lane, St Albans.

*Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway
since January 20008

*Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety
inspections since January 20008

*Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken,
including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection
vehicle and the number of persons involved.

*The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.

*Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the
carriageway, received since January 2008.

*The hierarchy classification.

*The road/section number.

*The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the
identification of all categories of carriageway potholes (in other
words, this means how they define a pothole as requiring attention)

*The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair
(temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.

*Whether or not you have formally adopted all or part of the
standards contained within the national code of practice for
highways maintenance management."

Your request for information has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004. I can confirm that Hertfordshire County
Council does hold the information you have requested and can respond as
follows:

Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway since
January 20008
Please see the attached "Linear Asset Inspection Summary" document.
Please note, names and third party personal data have been redacted in
compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections
since January 20008
Please see the attached documents entitled "Linear Asset Inspection Detail
- EIR 1885". Please note, names and third party personal data have been
redacted in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including
whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the
number of persons involved.
Carriageway safety inspections are undertaken from a slow moving vehicle
(a driver and a inspector - two people) driving at an appropriate speed
(with regard to safety, road conditions and traffic).

Footway safety inspections with a safety inspection interval of 6 monthly
or annually are inspected from a vehicle as a combined carriageway and
footway inspection. However, when inspecting footways, it may be
difficult to obtain the necessary level of accuracy from vehicle based
inspections and walking should be used in these circumstances.

Footway safety inspections with a safety inspection interval of monthly or
3 monthly, or Footways that are of paving slab construction; are tree
lined; where the distance between the edge of the carriageway and footway
is greater than 2 metres; which are elevated at a height greater than 1
metre above carriageway level; which are lower than 0.5metre below
carriageway; and where visibility from a vehicle is impaired by an
obstruction - e.g. parked cars, barriers etc; are walked and recorded as a
separate inspection from the carriageway.

The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.
Monthly.

Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway,
received since January 2008.
Please see the attached documents entitled "Site History Report &
Enquiries - EIR 1885". These documents detail complaints, notifications
and enquiries regarding the specified stretch of highway. Please note,
names and third party personal data have been redacted in compliance with
the Data Protection Act 1998.

The hierarchy classification.
Main Distributor.

The road/section number.
A4147/200.

The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the identification
of all categories of carriageway potholes (in other words, this means how
they define a pothole as requiring attention)
and
The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary
and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.
The defect intervention criteria and time periods for repair for
carriageway potholes are dependent on the classification of the highway
and the size of the pothole.

For A roads:-
* Potholes with depth greater than 40mm and length or width greater
than 200mm are repaired within 24 hours using proprietary cold repair
materials
* Potholes with depth greater than 40mm and length or width less
than 200mm are repaired within 14 days with hot repair materials.

For B & C roads:-
* Potholes with depth greater than 40mm and length or width greater
than 400mm are repaired within 24 hours using proprietary cold repair
materials
* Potholes with depth greater than 40mm and length or width between
200mm and 400mm are repaired within 7 days with hot repair materials.
* Potholes with depth greater than 40mm and length or width less
than 200mm are repaired within 14 days with hot repair materials.

For Unclassified roads:-
* Potholes with depth greater than 40mm and length or width greater
than 200mm are repaired within 7 days with hot repair materials.
Potholes with depth greater than 40mm and length or width less than 200mm
are repaired within 14 days with hot repair materials.

Whether or not you have formally adopted all or part of the standards
contained within the national code of practice for highways maintenance
management.
Hertfordshire is aware of the code of practice 'Well Maintained Highways'.
Like most UK highway authorities, some of our standards and procedures
are taken from or are based upon the various codes of practice whilst
others are locally developed to better suit our needs and priorities. It
is therefore not possible to give a general answer to this question except
to say that we have not formally adopted it in its entirety.

For more information please visit:
http://www.hertsdirect.org/envroads/road...
.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting
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Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Unit
Hertfordshire County Council
Telephone: 01992 555848
Fax: 01992 588117
Email: [email address]

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