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Shared cyclepath is too narrow and bumpy
Reported via mobile in the Cyclepath category anonymously at 18:28, Tuesday 2 April 2024
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5797704.
From gov.uk Cycle Infrastructure Design guidance:
Where pedestrians and cyclists share surfaces, sufficient width should be provided to enable users to feel safe by allowing them to see other users and to avoid each other when passing.
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Cycle routes should be surfaced in smooth bound materials that are unaffected by weather and are well-maintained at all times of year.
Updates
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The report has been passed to the Highway Officer, who will carry out an inspection of the issue within 10 working days, emergency defects will be corrected or made safe at the time of the inspection, if reasonably practicable to do so. In this context, making safe may constitute displaying warning notices, coning‐off or fencing‐off to protect the public from the defect or other suitable action. If the inspection team cannot make safe the defect at the time of inspection, then they will instigate the relevant emergency call procedures to ensure appropriate resources are mobilised to make the defect safe.
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.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 18:28, Tuesday 2 April 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 19:21, Tuesday 9 April 2024
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.