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16 limes avenue access
Reported via mobile in the Road surface category anonymously at 17:50, Wed 17 January 2024
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5457103.
Following on from the previous report. The road surface is getting worse and the tarmac is crumbling away. This worsening of the road surface means that we drive over a pot hole every time we leave and enter our drive way. Could this surface be patched up at all? During the soon 2 day road closure?
Updates
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This has been passed to the local area technician to investigate the enquiry/issue regarding a pothole/road surface.
During winter months we receive a very high number of reports regarding potholes or a poor road surface, it's easy to assume that potholes are formed due to roads being poorly maintained but that is not usually the case. There are many factors that can cause potholes, particularly during the winter months when water seeps in through cracks in the road surface, collecting underneath and when the water freezes, it expands and creates cracks in the road surface.
Our priority is always the safety of road users, so in some cases during busy periods a permanent repair is not always possible immediately. However, temporary repairs are a way to ensure the area is safe until such times as we can return to make a permanent repair.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 17:50, Wed 17 January 2024
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Update
Buckinghamshire Highways operates two methods for safety defect identification; proactively by Highway Inspectors who identify safety defects in line with Highways Safety Inspection Policy and reactively by Highway Officers following reports from the public.We are responsible for the maintenance of 2,200 miles of road and 1,500 miles of footpaths in Buckinghamshire, this means we have to prioritise works based on a set criteria which includes issues which may present an immediate danger, or significant inconvenience to users of the roads/footpaths, or to the structural condition of the highway and assets contained with the highway boundary.
Whilst priority defects will receive a repair within appropriate timescales as dictated by the above policy, more minor defects such as the defect you have reported may not be immediately scheduled for repair.
State changed to: No further action
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 09:07, Tue 12 March 2024
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.