Open manhole on Morton Terrace Gainsborough, DN21 2RL - Find a freedom of information request

Date of incident: 27.08.2023
Open manhole on Mortan Terrace Gainsborough, DN21 2RL.

  

We would be grateful if you could let us have copies of inspection records for the area in question for 12 months up to the date of the incident, details of any previous accidents and/or complaints in the area

and details of work carried out by statutory undertakers in the area.

1) Records of inspection for the relevant stretch of highway including confirmation of the frequency and type of inspection carried out.

2) Maintenance records including records of independent contractors working in relevant area.

3) Records of the minutes of Highway Authority meetings where maintenance or repair policy has been discussed or decided.

4) Records of complaints about the state of highways.

5) Records of other accidents which have occurred on the relevant stretch of highway.

6) Records of all works carried out by contractors in the relevant stretch of highway.

7) Any section 81 notices served on our client during this time period for the relevant stretch of highway.

1. Please see attached for your response.

2. Please see attached for your response.

3. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) do not have records of meetings where maintenance or repair policy is discussed as a specific agenda item. It is, however, taken through Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee where all decisions on LCC’s Highways Asset Management Policy, Strategy and the Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan are considered. As the minutes of these meetings are public and available already on our website, they’d fall outside of an FOI.

4. Please see attached for your response.

5. Please see attached for your response.

6. Please see attached for your response.

7. No Section 81 notices were served for Morton Terrace, Gainsborough in this time period.

Should you require the attachments mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.