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Mr J. Pearce / Surrey County Council
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26 June 2014
FOI 11108 PM/HTJ/RF
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RE: YOUR REQUEST FOI 11108 UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000.
Dear Mr. Pearce
Thank you for your FOI request to provide the following information in relation to Farley Heath Road, Albury,and in particular the section between Farley Heath and Upper Woodhill Farm-
1. Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the two years preceding the 31.5.2014
2. Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections in the two years preceding the 31.5.2014
3. Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the number of persons in the vehicle.
4. The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.
5. Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway, received in the two years preceding the 31.5.2014
6. The hierarchy classification.
7. The road/section number.
8. The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the identification of all categories of carriageway potholes in the two years preceding the 31.5.2014
9. The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary and
permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.
10. Whether or not the authority has formally adopted all or part of the
standards contained within the national code of practice for highways
maintenance management
Answers
1. See Street History enclosed between 31.5.2012 – 31.5.2014
2. See Street History enclosed between 31.5.2012 – 31.5.2014
3. Information in “Highways Safety Inspections policy” enclosed. Highway inspections made by 1 inspector and it is both walked and driven depending on the road location.
4. Information in “Highways Safety Inspections policy” enclosed
5. See Street History enclosed between 31.5.2012 – 31.5.2014
6.. See enclosed map and the above HSI policy
7. See enclosed map and the above HSI policy
8. See “Identification of defect severity” sheet enclosed
9. See information both in the HSI policy document and Defect severity sheet.
10. The Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance Management is the subtitle for the publication “Well Maintained Highways”, supported by the Department for Transport. It is designed to give guidance to relevant authorities an all aspects of highway maintenance.
The suggested recommendations in the Code are explicitly not mandatory although authorities are encouraged to adopt the philosophy of the Code so far is reasonably practicable, adapting as necessary to local circumstances, to encourage national harmonisation between strategic routes, local roads and between adjoining authorities.
The Code is set out in five Parts, each of which is divided into sections
Part A Executive summary, introduction to the Code, its scope and purpose.
Part B Policy and legal framework for highway maintenance within the context of best value and performance improvement.
Part C Principles for developing strategy and network hierarchy. Standards for inspections and condition surveys, investigatory levels, benchmarking and assigning priorities. Guidance on planning for Winter Service and emergencies.
Part D Guidance on procurement, financial management, sustainability and monitoring all service aspects
Part E Appendices.
The Code covers, reactive, routine, programmed and regulatory, maintenance, along with winter service, weather and other emergencies and suggests that the following highway features are included
· Carriageways, footways and cycle routes
· Drainage systems
· Embankments and cuttings
· Landscaped areas and trees
· Verges
· Fences and barriers
· Traffic signs and bollards
· Road markings and studs
· Lighting installations
· Bridges and structures
To all intents and purposes, where reasonably practicable and applicable to the local highway network, Surrey County Council’s highway maintenance management strategy is compiled using the principles and good practice contained within the document Well Maintained Highways.
Personal Information
Personal information has been redacted (blacked out) as it is exempt under Section 40 (2) by virtue of Section 40 (3) (a) (i) of the Freedom of Information Act. This information cannot be disclosed because its disclosure to a member of the public would contravene one or more of the data protection principles. The data protection principles constitute an 8-point statutory code for the processing of personal data. They are set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 1998. As a public authority, Surrey County Council must observe all of the data protection principles when processing personal data. The exemption from the duty to disclose personal data where to do so would breach a data protection principle is an absolute exemption; the public interest test in section 2 of the FOI Act does not apply."
Yours sincerely
Peter McDermott
Customer Care Team
Surrey Highways
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