Action scheduled
Multiple fallen dead trees and large branches jutting into road along A40 f
Reported via desktop in the Overhanging branch/tree category anonymously at 16:15, Sunday 7 April 2024
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5819727.
Multiple fallen trees and large branches jutting out all along A40 road from Beaconsfield roundabout to Bull Lane turning (GX). Very dangerous especiallly at night. Just scratched my (new) car on one of these trees.
Updates
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A Highway Officer will carry out an initial assessment of the tree, emergency issues 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 tree 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 tree safe. Not all Highway Officers are not qualified as tree experts and in some cases they may need to arrange for a tree surgeon to visit the site and carry out a survey on the tree which can take up to 12 weeks.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will be 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.
We do not prune or remove council owned trees to improve natural light for a private property (including obstruction of solar panels). If you wish to carry out any work on a tree, you must first check the tree is not protected before any work is started. How to find out if a tree has a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) in Buckinghamshire.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 16:15, Sunday 7 April 2024
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Update
The Highway Officer has attended the site and carried an inspection based on your report.
We assess repairs in accordance with our Highways Safety Inspection Policy. This allows us to prioritise the most serious repairs to be completed urgently, with more minor defects such as this one being planned to be completed within 6-8 weeks.
State changed to: Action scheduled
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 10:54, Tuesday 16 April 2024
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.