Resolutions relating to public rights of way - Find a freedom of information request

1. How many miles/km of public rights of way do you cover?

2. What is your annual budget for public rights of way maintenance?

3. Please provide a breakdown of issues reported e.g. Way finding, Obstructions, Path Condition, Safety, Stiles/Fences, Other

4. What percentage of reported issues are remedied within 6 weeks of receiving the report?

5. What percentage of reported issues go unresolved/unattended in a 12month period?

6. What is the average cost per resolution of reported issue? If no average available, please provide low/high range.

7. Where you have a vegetation clearance programme in place, what is the criteria for selection of footpaths to be cleared in any given year?

8. What software/tooling are you using to track these requests - please specify?

1. 4035 KM

2. Please see below.

£284,173 – Staffing (Salary, Pension & NI contributions)

£139,348 – Cyclic vegetation clearance

£593,218 – Contractor cots and materials (timber, signage, ironmongery, surfacing materials etc.)

3. LCC do not categorise reports in this way. Additionally, the total amount for the (695) reports will include multiple issues on a path. LCC run a prioritised system for dealing with issues, only the most pressing element of the report is recorded on the system.

Financial Year 2023-2024

85 Rights of Way Act Infringements

290 Grass and Vegetation Clearance and other minor obstructions

235 Signage and path furniture issues

59 Bridgeworks

4. This information is not held.

5. This information is not held.

6. This information is not held. This is because a range could be for a 10 minute clearance of vegetation around some path furniture to the construction of bridges in the £100,000+ capital scheme range

7. The Cyclic Programme is derived from evaluation by field officers based on inspection or regular reporting and the relative priority of the PROW based on location and levels of usage.

8. There is jn specific software. Information is recorded on a spreadsheet. LCC will shortly be moving to Fix My Street and Confirm, alongside the remainder of the Highways Contract.