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Record Ref : EIR 1931
Date Received : 15/03/2024
Date Completed : 15/04/2024
Organisation : Private Individual
Application Type : Private Individual
Category : Road Maintenance
Question
Our FOI request relates to instances of puddles and standing water on roads / highways caused by blocked drains that may have led to splashes as vehicles drive past.
1. Please fill in the below table regarding blocked drains on road/highways. In this instance drains are: Highway drainage systems designed to manage the rainwater that lands on the road/highway, both to prevent flooding and to protect the road surface. They can include a wide variety of features including but not limited to roadside surface water drains and channels/gullies, shallow channels that convey water off the road into a drainage ditch (known as ‘grips’ or ‘letts’) and storm drains.
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Year How many blocked road drains (as defined above) were reported to you in the following years? How many road drains (as defined above) did you unblock (either after a report or as part of ongoing maintenance) in the following years? Total cost spent on unblocking road drains (as defined above) in each of the following years? How many road drains (as defined above) do you maintain?
2023
2022
2021
Answer
How many blocked road drains (as defined above) were reported to you in the following years?
2023/24 222no
2022/23 170no
2021/22 138no
How many road drains (as defined above) did you unblock (either after a report or as part of ongoing maintenance) in the following years?
23/24
Revenue - 193no
Drainage investigation - 7no Drainage schemes
MTCBC Capital - 20no Drainage schemes
WG RRF - 3no Drainage schemes
22/23
Revenue - 185no
MTCBC Capital - 15no Drainage schemes
WG RRF – 6no Schemes
21/22
Revenue - 157no
MTCBC Capital – 17no Drainage Schemes
WG RRF - 46no Drainage schemes
WG Gully Cleansing -cleansed 11724 gullies
Total cost spent on unblocking road drains (as defined above) in each of the following years?
Revenue £240k
Drainage investigation £120k
MTCBC Capital £1,100,000.00
WG RRF £400K
Revenue £237k
Drainage investigation £130k
MTCBC Capital £1,100,000.00
WG RRF £400K
Revenue £234k
Drainage investigation £120k
MTCBC Capital £1,048,000.00
WG RRF £920K
WG Gully Cleansing £193k
How many road drains (as defined above) do you maintain?
11724no
11724no
11724no