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Basingstoke Road A33
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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 Basingstoke Road (A33) towards Reading, just passed the Welsh Lane junction. 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.
The Wokingham Highways Inspection Policy (WHIP) is available in PDF format as Volume 02 - Highway Network Maintenance of the Wokingham Borough Highway Maintenance Management Plan (HMMP). The WHIP describes how the Council operates a risk-based approach to highway defects, and is available here:
The A33 Swallowfield Bypass is inspected monthly by a driven inspection. The time taken between identification of a defect and repairs being carried out depends on the level of risk determined at the time of inspection, and may be 2 hours, 24 hours or 28 days.
https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/roads/road-maintenance/highways-maintenance-management-plan
2. A copy of the road repair history for that road over the past year. Again, please send me the Dates of all safety inspections between 1 February 2023 to 9 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 identified, what repairs were undertaken and the time between the identification of each defects and a repair being carried out.
A highway inspection report for the A33 Swallowfield Bypass is supplied as an Excel file with this response. The report covers the period from 1 February 2023 to 9 April 2023. The report includes details of highway inspections, customer fault reports (Enquiries) and works orders. The report has been redacted to remove personal information and reports that are not relevant to the area that is the subject of the enquiry.
