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Surface water on road after rainfall
Sent to West Northamptonshire Council less than a minute later. ref: 6706576.
As previously reported on 6559622 and the report being subsequently closed with the reason 'in accordance with the WNC Highways Inspection Manual, this defect does not meet the investigatory levels for a repair' I disagree, I am sure the manual will have a level for action for cleaning the grip and ditch, as does the Highways Act 1980. Please review report, thank you.
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Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A Community Steward has assessed the location and we can confirm that the flooding has been assessed and requires a Priority 4 response. We will schedule drainage investigation work to be completed within 26 weeks. When the investigation has been completed, we will inform you of our findings and course of action. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 is 62 days.
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Straightforward solution to this problem is to clear the grips and get the landowner to clean out the ditches. There is no other drainage system at this location.
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Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. We can confirm that we have been made aware of this issue and a works order has been raised on a routine safety inspection. The expected completion date for the works will be 14/05/2025
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Road still flooding after continuous rainfall. landowner still hasn't cleaned out ditches. Grips still not cleared.
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Investigation: Completed (Duplicate), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. We can confirm that we have been made aware of this issue and a works order has been raised on a routine safety inspection. The expected completion date for these works will be 14/05/2025
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The land owner should have been contacted by now to clear their ditches. I understand this is a separate process to the works order and can be actioned. This whole process has taken over six months as my original report was closed down.
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Investigation: Completed (Duplicate), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. We can confirm that there are no grips in the verge pinpointed in this report. This will be what is causing the flooding, and we have therefore raised a new job for grips to be dug in the verge.
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I have already informed yourselves that this is what was causing the flooding, so I don't require an update informing me what is causing the flooding. I have attached an image from 2011 to confirm there is a grip at this location. My first report 6559622 in October 2024 reported that the grip needs cutting and ditch clearing. The job just needs to get done.
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Investigation: Ongoing (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location, and we are undertaking a landownership investigation and will update you shortly.
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Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location, and we are undertaking a landownership investigation and will update you shortly.
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A few months has passed no update, the landowner dug out the ditches but highways have not dug out the grips yet .....12 months after I reported that the grips needed digging out.
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Investigation: Ongoing (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location, and we are undertaking a landownership investigation and will update you shortly.
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Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. We can confirm that we have been made aware of this issue. A works order has been raised which you can follow on 6706576-1 and add updates. The expected completion date for these works will be 19/11/2025.
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Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled
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Investigation: Ongoing (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled - Thank you for your enquiry. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances these works are now being postponed due to Anglian Water works running from 18.11.25 to June 2026. Banbury Lane is on their diversion route so we are unable to use this road for works within the road space approval. We do apologise for the inconvenience, we are working quickly to programme a new date for the works. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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