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Road maintenance policy
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I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act relating to a road your authority is responsible for maintaining. Specifically, my query relates to the B3016 - Finchampstead Road between Warren Lane and Wick Hill Lane. Please can you send me:
1. A copy of your current road maintenance policy relating to that road. Please send me the full policy, but this should include details of the intended frequency of road safety inspections, how these inspections should be conducted and the maximum time between identification of a defect and repairs being carried out.
Wokingham Borough’s Highways Inspection Policy (WHIP) is publicly available as Chapter 2 of the Wokingham Highways Maintenance Management Plan (HMMP). The document may be found on the Wokingham Borough website at:
https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/roadworks-and-outdoor-maintenance/roadworks-and-road-maintenance/highways-maintenance-management-plan/
The inspection frequency for the B3016 Finchampstead Road between Warren Lane and Wick Hill Lane is 3 Monthly by a walked inspection.
2. A copy of the road repair history for that road over the past year. Again, please send me the full road repair history, but this should include:
- dates of all safety inspections between 1st February 2023 and 1st April 2023
- details of how safety inspections were undertaken (walked or driven, speed of inspection vehicle etc)
- details of all carriageway defects identified, with description, date and time
- details of how the authority handled these defects, what repairs were undertaken and the time between the identification of each defect and a repair being carried out.
A full repair history of the for the B3016 Finchampstead Road between Warren Lane and Wick Hill Lane is attached to the response as a PDF document. As requested, the history covers the past year from 1 April 2022 to 6 April 2023. The document has been redacted to remove personal information.