Incorrect Installation of Control Box Horns Lane Pedestrian Crossing
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 8964953.
On the pavement area of the south side of the pedestrian crossing on Horns Lane an electrical control box has been installed. They have not installed this correctly. The box has not been installed at grade, instead they have built the ground up into a hill with the box on top. You can see this from all of the bare earth they have used. The box now towers over all and is aesthetically very unpleasing. More seriously the box now presents a risk to pedestrians as their position will be masked to on coming traffic from the east increasing the risk profile of pedestrians being hit by traffic, particularly if someone mistakenly steps on the crossing when the highway lights are green, or if a car decides to run a red light thinking no one is there. This box needs to be relocated away from the sightlines of the crossing and at the surrounding ground level. Risk of injury / risk of fatality to persons.
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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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