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7 Hobart Cottages, Great Hampden HP16 9RQ
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6280554.
During engineering work in February 2024, the kerb and verge were deeply compressed by heavy plant/delivery lorries. The kerb setts at the drive entry are now flush with the highway. This has resulted in rainwater flooding from the highway onto the property including to the back porch (over 15 m from the highway), front garden, path to front door and driveway. This is a slip hazard, potential black ice hazard and hygiene hazard to residents of the property particularly in the winter months. The resident of the property made the repairs to the grass verge but we request that the setts are re-sited correctly to prevent the flooding.
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.
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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.
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.