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Bierton Road / Douglas Road Roundabout.
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9238930.
There are currently road works with a road closure in place on the Oakfield Road. The roadworks are situated on the A4157 Oakfield Road, between the traffic lights for Bellingham Way / Stocklake and the Aldi store. (see photo) There is a temporary road sign on the A418 Bierton Road that states that the A4157 Douglas Road is closed, (see photos) this clearly isn't the case. You can, as I have just done, drive down from the A418 from Bierton and turn right into Stocklake. (I could have also turned left into Bellingham Way had I wished to) As if diversions aren't bad enough, the council with this very misleading sign are just making the traffic problem around Aylesbury even worse with the totally inaccurate signage. I shudder to think how much of tax payers money is spent on temporary signage that is totally inaccurate. Does nobody check these details before sending the order off to the sign makers?? I have not driven around all the other road closed signs that have been erected to check them out but I'm guessing they will all be just as misleading. Total disgrace from the council.!
Updates
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This has been passed to the Highway Officer to investigate, they will carry out an inspection within the next 10 working days.
All our roads are subject to safety inspections, and this includes identifying any road signs that are badly damaged or degraded so we may already have a job raised to resolve it, if this is the case we will update you that it is a duplicate job/enquiry.
If we were not aware of this issue, we will update you on what action will be taken, this may include adding the road markings to a package of works for the location to be completed at a later date.
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.
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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.
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Thank you for your enquiry. The details have been sent to our Complaints team for further investigation. You can contact the team directly via complimentsandcomplaints@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
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