Colin James Posted April 23, 2015 Report Posted April 23, 2015 HEREFORD LOCALITY WEEKLY BRIEFING – WEEK ENDING 17th APRIL 2015 Dear Councillors and Parish Clerks, I am pleased to report that the reactive team has completed the following works during the last week: 116 square metres of carriageway patching 12.8 square metres of footway patching 35 gully’s cleaned 5 fly tips removed 3 litter picks carried out 9 kerb defects rectified. Update from Shane - (City South – Belmont, St Martins & Hinton, and Tupsley Wards; Rural – Backbury and Hollington Wards) Amongst the above works the following was completed – Backbury Ward · Potholes repaired in Court Orchard, Fownhope · Footway patching in Court Orchard, Fownhope · Fallen tree branch removed in Noverwood Drive · Fly tip removed from Nash Farm Road Belmont Ward · Fuel spill attended to in Flaxley Drive · Fallen tree branch removed in Marcle Walk · Kerb repair and pothole filled in Wigmore Grove · Pothole repaired in Belmont Road St Martins Ward · Fallen tree branches removed in Pine Grove and Grosmont Grove cycleway · Litter pick carried out on Great Western Way · Gully cleansing in Standale Road/Green Croft Tupsley Ward · Pothole repairs carried out in Whitehouse Way, Seaton Avenue, Burden Road, Gorsty Lane, Cilcennin Close and Ledbury Road · Footway patching in Ledbury Road · Fallen tree branches removed in Quarry Road, Ledbury Road and Dartmouth Close. Some of the issues I have addressed this week – PROW enquiries Hampton Bishop Overgrowing hedge in Windsor Road Liaised with Herefordshire Housing with regards to maintenance issues in Shellard Walk Carried out litter pick in Priors Walk Inspected and raised works order in respect of broken kerbs in Laysters Avenue Attended emergency on A465 at Allensmore in respect of fallen sign Carried out enquiries on Great Western Way (rear of Charlton Avenue) in respect of boundary line issues Raised works for 55 square metres of carriageway patching and a number of pothole repairs in the vicinity of Holme Lacy House Inspected and raised order in respect of pothole in Holme Lacy Road Inspected and raised orders for 7 pothole/small patching repairs along Hinton Road Cleared glass and made safe damaged bus shelter in Oakfield Road. Update from Mike (City North – Aylestone, Central, St Nicholas, and Three Elms Wards; Rural – Credenhill and Hagley Wards) This week I have – Raised a number of orders for drainage gully clearance works in Bonnington Drive / Hillary Drive/ Bridgeford Close / Kings Acre Service Road 1-19 Inspected 2 x dropped crossing re adoption requests Carried out 4 x Street works inspections Attended court to represent Hereford Council against a personal injury claim Made safe a damaged street name plate with sharp edges Carried out the monthly variable electronic message signs within the City centre Responded to an urgent damaged drainage cover in Plough Lane Inspected Preston Wynne, Westhide, Withington & Breinton for C/U road pothole works for the lengthsman scheme Inspected overgrown vegetation affecting visibility of traffic signal head in Roman Road junction Canon Pyon Road Raised a number of c/way speed cushion and drainage orders for Barrs Court Road. Phil Pankhurst has sent his briefing separately. Herefordshire Council website is the one-stop-shop for up to date information Maps for pot holes are available on the Councils website – https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/transport-and-highways/maintenance/potholes We hope the above is of interest. Kind regards Shane & Mike. Shane Hancock | Senior Locality Steward (Hereford – City South) Balfour Beatty Living Places | Unit 3, Thorn Business Park | Rotherwas | Hereford | HR2 6JT Quote
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