Street Clutter

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Dear Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead,

Following on from the Secretary of State's announcement asking all
local authorities to work on removing street clutter on 26 August
2010
(http://www.civicvoice.org.uk/uploads/fil...)
can you tell me

a) how much money you spent on removing "street furniture,
including bollards, posts and guardrail since 26 August 2010 and
1st July 2013 within your local government area.
b) how many items of street furniture have been removed from your
streets since 26 August 2010 and 1st July 2013 in your local
government area.
c) how many items of "street furniture, including bollards, posts
and guardrail have been installed since 26 August 2010 in your
local government area.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Harvey

foi, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Dear Mr Harvey

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request - it has
been allocated reference FOI65224.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides public authorities with 20
working days to process requests - this period expires on 13/8/2013.

Regards

Martin Tubbs
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

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Chris Daniels, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

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Dear Mr Harvey

 

Further to your Information request FOI65224 please find your questions
and our responses below:

 

a) how much money you spent on removing "street furniture, including
bollards, posts and guardrail since 26 August 2010 and 1st July 2013
within your local government area.

 

b) how many items of street furniture have been removed from your streets
since 26 August 2010 and 1st July 2013 in your local government area.

 

c) how many items of "street furniture, including bollards, posts

and guardrail have been installed since 26 August 2010 in your

local government area.

 

Response: Please see below and attached responses from Streetcare and our
Highways Departments.

 

A) Approximately £20,000 has been invested specifically on removing street
furniture during this period.

 

a)      568 items have been removed during this period.

b)     1094 items have been installed during this period.

 

These additional items relate primarily to:

·        posts installed to deter vehicles from parking on footways or
verges

·        Street name plates in many roads where no nameplate previously
existed

·        Regulatory posts and signs to support on-street parking schemes

·        benches and litter bins

 

 

This concludes your request FOI65224.

 

If you require translation of the information you have been sent please do
not hesitate the contact us.

 

If you are unhappy with the information we have provided in response to
your request please write to:

 

Information Management Team Manager

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St Ives Road

Maidenhead

SL6 1RF

 

or send an e-mail to [email address].uk 

 

We are proud to be one of the leading authorities in England for
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We are keen to hear about your experience with the Information Management
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receiving any comments you have about the way your information request was
processed.

 

Please send any feedback to the Information Management Team Manager either
by e-mail [email address] or in writing to the address above.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Chris Daniels

Information Management Officer

Legal Department

Corporate Directorate

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St.Ives Road

Maidenhead SL6 1RF

 

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