Action scheduled
Tyre Puncture
Reported via desktop in the Road lines / road markings category by Andrew George Wilson at 11:55, Mon 26 February 2024
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5632337.
Travelling on A404 from Chorleywood towards Amersham on 26th February 10.40am, the car hit the pothole and punctured the tyre. It currently with Merityre at Lt Chalfont for repair. It was reported on the 12th January via FixMyStreet ref 5434776 but no work to repair has bee done. It is a large pothole several inches deep but I cannot measure the exact depth as the road was very busy.
Updates
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This has been passed to the Highway Officer to investigate, they will carry out an inspection within the next 10 working days.
All our roads are subject to safety inspections, and this includes identifying any markings that are badly damaged or degraded so we may already be aware of this issue and have raised a job to have them refreshed if this is the case we will update you that it is a duplicate job/enquiry.
If we were not aware of this issue, we will update you on what action will be taken, this may include adding the road markings to a package of works to be carried out at a later date.
Please note, the ambient temperature drops, and the air becomes much more humid during the winter months and materials won’t bond with the surface when it’s wet, defeating the purpose of applying them at all. Adding markings to a wet surface will essentially mean they become diluted. The moisture present on the road and also in the air will affect the finished quality of the markings, impacting their appearance and longevity, for this reason we only refresh road markings during winter months if there is a specific safety issue.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will not be repaired as it has been classified as a minor defect and does not pose any risk to either the safety or the integrity of the highway, these are called minimum recording levels as specified in our Highways Safety Inspection Policy in these cases no action will be taken.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 11:55, Mon 26 February 2024
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Update
The Highway Officer has attended the site and carried an inspection based on your report.
As a result of this inspection, we have instructed our contractor to resolve the issue reported within five working days.
Thank you for taking the time to let us know, your reports alongside our Highways Safety Inspections are crucial to ensuring our network is safe for all residents and visitors.
State changed to: Action scheduled
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 12:51, Tue 27 February 2024
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.