Fixed
Unathorised works immediately adjacent to road way,
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7280353.
Near the entrance to the travellers camp. About 30m of the dirt right at the edge of the road has been removed to about 8" depth. There are cables inserted into this trench. Should a car wheel drop off the (narrow) road, the vehicle may overturn, and would be badly damaged. There are no mitigating safety warnings such as signs or cones. The road is unlit. It has been like this for two weeks. Your URGENT inspection is essential.
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
We are very pleased to tell you that the issue reported has now been resolved.
Alongside our Highways Safety Inspections, reports from the public help us to keep the roads in Buckinghamshire safe.
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.