Austenwood lane, part of the road that runs beside the st jospehs church car park and the bus stop
Reported via mobile in the Road surface category anonymously at 10:59, Wednesday 30 April 2025
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 1 week, 1 day, 10 hours, 5 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 7503129.
Why isn’t there a zebra crossing here please? This is a primary school route and unless you walk all the way up to the jolly farmer, which is a considerable distance, there isn’t a safe place to cross the road. There are lots of us that walk our kids to school on the other side of the road to the school that have to cross this busy road and also there is a bus stop at this section- surely you would have a safe zebra crossing across to a bus stop when it is near a school? I’m keen to understand why there isn’t a safe crossing here already and what is going to be done please to improve this issue. Happy to provide photos. If you need any evidence eg- petition then this could be easily arranged
Updates
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This has been passed to the Traffic Signal Team to investigate the enquiry/issue.
The team will carry out an inspection and order a repair if required, this can take up to 10 working days
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 11:00, Wednesday 30 April 2025
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Update
We have reviewed the issue reported and have amended the category; this will ensure your report is directed to the most appropriate team at the council.
State changed to: For Triage
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 17:29, Wednesday 30 April 2025
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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.
State changed to: Open
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 21:04, Thursday 8 May 2025
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.