Action scheduled
A4010 Bradenham Road, at the laybye for Wycombe-bound buses
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5936101.
The edge of the road is badly broken, leaving a dangerous 4 inch deep pothole as per the photos. A yellow highlighter pen in the photos gives a sense of scale.
I reported this on 09 March with accompanying photos, ref 5688324 . At that time the feedback received was that “No immediate safety issues” were identified. The same defect has now been reported by someone else in 25 April, ref 5896387.
The defect was already, and remains, a significant hazard to buses servicing this bus stop. But this same laybye is used by a large number of other motorists (cars & lorries) as an extremely convenient pull in off the busy & dangerous A4010. The pothole presents a likely cause of nearside tyres blowout.
Thank you
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 in these cases no action will be taken.
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.
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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.
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.