Burgh Castle Parish Council have received this email reply from Norfolk County Highways:

Dear Brenda

 

Thank you for your email dated 05 December 2009. I apologise for the delay in responding to you. Unfortunately most of the issues raised are not items that our Highway Inspector would generally look at and for future information I have attached our Highway Issues Guidance form. When inspecting the public highway our Inspector is generally looking for items such as damaged footways, edge erosion etc which are detailed in the General Highway Safety Issues section of the guidance.

 

The items raised are usually investigated by other members of our team and again can be reported using our email address or phone number as detailed below.

 

With regards to the items raised I can confirm that all verges in rural locations are cut 2 - 3 times per year during the spring and summer time so to ensure that any visibility issues are addressed. However we can cut specific areas on an ad-hoc basis when we are notified that grass etc is causing problems for visibility. I have passed this to our Highway Inspector and she has programmed these junctions to be cut back to improve the visibility.

 

Highway gullies are cleaned on a scheduled basis once a year, most of our gullies have sumps installed to catch detritus and to prevent blockages. We also clean out gullies on a reactive basis when we are notified of any issues. I would be pleased if you could inform me as to the location of the sunken gullies so that we can investigate this issue further.

 

Vehicles parking on double yellow lines, blocked accesses and speeding issues should be directed to the police in the first instance for enforcement.

 

Mill Road is in a similar condition to many other rural roads within the County and I am sorry to say that it is not possible for the County Council to keep the roads and footways in a condition many people wish to see. We currently have a resurfacing scheme within our forward programme from Lords Lane to the recently resurfaced section but this could not be carried out until completion of the drainage work which is currently ongoing to prevent standing water issues. However as I am sure you are aware, pressures are being placed upon all public sector budgets and to be realistic I would not expect funds to be held at their current levels and for this reason this section of road is unlikely to be resurfaced for several years to come. In the meantime our Highway Inspector will continue to ensure that any urgent repairs considered necessary are programmed and orders placed to rectify.

 

Regards

 

James Winter

Assistant Highway Engineer

Planning and Transportation

I am looking forward to this being discussed at this evening's meeting. 7:30pm in the Burgh Castle Village Hall.