Road surface signs (Slow / hazardard warning lines) have been worn away
Reported via desktop in the Road lines / road markings category anonymously at 11:51, Sunday 14 June 2026
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9617192.
This has been raised previously and the response was the road was going to be resurfaced in a year or two. Whilst the main road will be, its unlikely that White Hill and Grove lane entrance to the Hamlet will be. Again the previous response was "The Highway Officer has carried out an inspection and has identified that there is no immediate safety issues requiring attention, the decision is that no action will be taken at this stage." it has to be questions if no safety issues why are highways wasting tax payers money painting the roads in the first place. What information / assessment was used to determine not having these signs was not a safety issue?
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 markings that are badly damaged or degraded so we may already be aware of this issue and have raised a job to have them refreshed 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 to be carried out at a later date.
Please note, the ambient temperature drops, and the air becomes much more humid during the winter months and materials won’t bond with the surface when it’s wet, defeating the purpose of applying them at all. Adding markings to a wet surface will essentially mean they become diluted. The moisture present on the road and also in the air will affect the finished quality of the markings, impacting their appearance and longevity, for this reason we only refresh road markings during winter months if there is a specific safety issue.
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.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 11:51, Sunday 14 June 2026
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An order has been raised to repair the issue reported, this will be a permanent repair to be carried out as soon as possible. However, there are occasions when a temporary repair is carried out for safety reasons until such time as we can mobilise resources to make the repair permanent.
To ensure the highway network remains as safe as possible we will continue to carry out our regular Highways Safety Inspections which will include this issue until such times as the permanent repair is made
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 08:18, Tuesday 16 June 2026
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