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Fences in the brook - flooding issue
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 1 day, 1 hour, 24 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 6512755.
The council installed temporary fences by the brook, and these ended up in the brook, blocking the brook which is a major flood risk. This pedestrian road and the brook are council owned. Please send someone to pull these fences out of the brook and ensure the safety of nearby houses and residents.
Updates
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This has been passed to our Street Scene Team who will carry out an inspection of the area and arrange for the appropriate action to be taken.
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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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The issue/defect has been made safe with a temporary repair. A permanent repair will be made when resource is available.
Please be assured, we will continue to monitor the area in line with our Highways Safety Inspection Policy.
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.