Cumbria County Council Information Governance Team Cumbria House 107-117 Botchergate Carlisle CA1 1RZ T: 01228 221234 E: [email protected] E-mail: 24 November 2016 Your reference: Our reference: FOI 2016-0961 Dear FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - DISCLOSURE The council has completed its search relating to your request for information about two roads CCC is responsible for maintaining, which was received on 04 October 2016. The council does hold information within the definition of your request. Request Please can you send me: 1) A copy of your current road maintenance policy relating to these two roads. 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. 2) A copy of the road repair history for these two roads over the past two years. Again, please send me the full road repair history, but this should include: - dates of all safety inspections during 2015 and 2016. - 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. Response Enclosed are copies of the road inspections for 2015 and 2016 for the C2051 Moor Row to Kelsick and the C2052 Waverbridge to Dundraw. The inspections were carried out from a slow moving vehicle. Defects identified: C2051 08.07.15 was a CAT1 defect and was repaired the same day. C2051 18.07.16 - Two CAT2 defects were identified one was repaired and the other monitored and re- visited. C2052 08.07.15 CAT2 Defect likely to be monitored and re-visited within 3 – 6 months. C2052 18.07.16 - Two CAT2 defects identified both repaired the same day. All of this information can be found in the supplied inspection files. Area Team 4 generally use 10mm surface coarse from Cemex in Carlisle so most of their repairs will be using this, this allows them to carry out pothole repairs and to overlay certain carriageway sections if this is more suitable. At times when material is no available from the quarry they will typically use 10mm delayed set tarmacadam which they collect from the highways depot. Defects are handled as per the attached service procedure. Serving the people of Cumbria cumbria.gov.uk Cumbria County Council Copies of call centre reports and the subsequent repair history for these two roads for the period 01/10/15 to 04/10/16 are attached. In addition Area Team 4 during their daily routine duties undertook work in 2016 as follows: 5th January 2016 – C2051 Moor Row to Kelsick Road (potholes) 13th January 2016 – C2052 Waverbridge to Dundraw (potholes) 20th January 2016 – C2052 Waverbridge to Dundraw (potholes) 26th January 2016 – C2052 Waverbridge to Dundraw (Gully cleaning & jetting) 24th February 2016 – C2052 Waverbridge to Dundraw (potholes) 24th February 2016 – C2051 Moor Row to Kelsick Road (potholes) 29th February 2016 – C2051 Moor Row to Kelsick Road (overlay work) 1st March 2016 – C2051 Moor Row to Kelsick Road (road edging work) 11th March 2016 – C2051 Moor Row to Kelsick Road (potholes) 1st September 2016 – C2051 Moor Row to Kelsick Road (potholes) Most of the information that we provide in response to requests submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 will be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be owned by Cumbria County Council. However the copyright in other information may be owned by another person or organisation, as indicated on the information itself. You are free to use any information supplied in this response for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes. The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will require the permission of the copyright owner. Where the copyright owner is the council you will need to make an application under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. For information where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation you must apply to the owner to obtain their permission. If you are dissatisfied with the way the council has responded to your request you can request an Internal Review. If you would like to request a Review please contact the Information Governance Team using the details at the top of this letter. Further information can be found on the council’s website: http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/council- democracy/accesstoinformation/internalreviewscomplaints.asp Yours sincerely, Duncan McQueen Senior Manager – Performance and Risk Serving the people of Cumbria cumbria.gov.uk .