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Grass Verge Destroyed

Reported via mobile in the Verges - Damaged by Vehicles category anonymously at 22:42, Fri 5 December 2025

Sent to West Northamptonshire Council less than a minute later. ref: 8508328.

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This grass verge has been completely destroyed by an HGV driving over it.

Please can this grass verge be rebuilt, levelled and reseeded and then wooden bollards installed along the edge to prevent this from happening again.

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 22:42, Fri 5 December 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 defect meets the requirement for a Priority 4 repair. We will schedule a repair to be completed within 26 weeks. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 repair is 59 days.

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 07:56, Tue 9 December 2025

  • Still open, via questionnaire, 09:41, Saturday 3 January 2026

  • Grass verge remains destroyed and in a complete mess.

    It is now approaching the 59 days since this was accepted as a defect

    Posted anonymously at 10:56, Saturday 31 January 2026
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • 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 defect meets the requirement for a Priority 4 repair. We will schedule a repair to be completed within 26 weeks. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 repair is 59 days. This is still within the Priority 4 repair timescale and will be completed by 09/06/26

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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 07:44, Monday 2 February 2026

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

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:40, Thursday 4 June 2026

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

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:02, Tuesday 9 June 2026

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

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:53, Tuesday 9 June 2026

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