Blocked drain in footpath from house 94 down to Platts garage
Reported via desktop in the Footpath / pavement problem category anonymously at 14:39, Thu 12 December 2024
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6854742.
Drain in footpath outside houses 94 down to Platts garage on the left is blocked preventing water from being able to escape during heavy rain and leaving significant puddles directly outside front doors - several houses are at risk of the water entering and use sandbags
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 14:39, Thu 12 December 2024
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An order has been raised to repair the issue reported, this will be a permanent repair to be carried out as soon as possible. However, there are occasions when a temporary repair is carried out for safety reasons until such time as we can mobilise resources to make the repair permanent.
To ensure the highway network remains as safe as possible we will continue to carry out our regular Highways Safety Inspections which will include this issue until such times as the permanent repair is made
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 11:56, Fri 13 December 2024
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.