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Verge bushes now overgrown into south bound carriageway on Towcester Road

Reported via desktop in the Restricted Visibility / Overgrown / Overhanging category anonymously at 09:14, Tue 10 June 2025

Sent to West Northamptonshire Council less than a minute later. ref: 7686280.

Verge bushes now overgrown into south bound carriageway on Towcester Road. These have been growing towards the road slowly for years and have received no cutting back or maintenance. Now they are well over the edge of the road verge and sticking out into the carriageway, often causing people to swerve to avoid them. There are several patches of these between Clannel Road and Ladybridge Drive which need attention. More maintenenance of the greenery in this area is required please.

Updates

  • Thank you for reporting a fault. Officers will now investigate the concerns and this may take up to 5 working days. If you believe that your concerns are urgent then please phone us.

    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:14, Tue 10 June 2025

  • Investigation: Ongoing - 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.

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 18:19, Tue 10 June 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location and we can confirm that in accordance with the WNC Highways Inspection Manual, the vegetation meets the criteria for a Priority 4 response. We will schedule vegetation clearance to be completed within 26 weeks. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 is 52 days.

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:08, Thu 12 June 2025

  • Certain areas along this road need a big cut back as they are now in the carriage way.

    Posted anonymously at 11:43, Mon 7 July 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location and we can confirm that in accordance with the WNC Highways Inspection Manual, the vegetation meets the criteria for a Priority 4 response. We will schedule vegetation clearance to be completed within 26 weeks. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 is 52 days.
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 10:53, Tue 8 July 2025

  • Still open, via questionnaire, 16:00, Tue 8 July 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 18:03, Wed 19 November 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Ongoing

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 12:50, Fri 5 December 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: To be Rescheduled

    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 13:36, Fri 5 December 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 15:56, Fri 5 December 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Ongoing

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 10:00, Mon 8 December 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Work Completed

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 10:57, Mon 8 December 2025

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