Fixed
Large tree blocking a road sign
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7556495.
The tree is too large on the corner of Old Mill Road and Lindsey Road. Pedestrians are having to walk out in the middle of the road to get around this tree.
Updates
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A Highway Officer will carry out an initial assessment of the tree, emergency issues 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 tree 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 cut back the tree which is blocking the signal, this may involve some traffic management and/or a cherry picker.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will be 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.
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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.