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On A416 at the top of Nashleigh hill & junction with Lycrombe Road
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6963467.
I find myself reporting the same issue with the same huge deep pothole AND severe irregular A416 road surface again! I live near to this & hear vehicles hitting the deep road defect. This must inevitably be causing vehicular damage. I am once again very concerned there is going to be yet another accident on this section of road, on a severe bend & most especially if a motorcyclist or cyclist hits this deep pothole or indeed swerves to miss it. The pothole has previously & very recently been inadequately ‘repaired’ / filled ..I witnessed this very quick temporary fix with highway repairers briefly running into the road, dodging oncoming vehicles & rapidly filling the hole. This once again requires URGENT attention! Please take urgent action & repair this road surface properly before there is an accident or someone is killed.
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
This section of road is currently on our Capital Maintenance list for extensive resurfacing which we hope will be carried out within the next 12-24 months. In the meantime we will continue to monitor this road surface as part of our routine safety inspections.
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