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Lorries driving on grass verge damaging verge and water pipes
Reported via desktop in the Drains/Ditches Blocked category anonymously at 11:38, Wed 4 August 2021
Sent to Rutland County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 2913581.
This has been a long standing problem of lorries trying to get down Cross Lane, and unable to get through due to parked cars. Local residents do move their cars each Wednesday to enable the refuse lorry to access the road, but 'unscheduled' lorries still try to get through. As a result the Highways owned grass verge is ruined, but more importantly, the water pipes from the Manor House become crushed, preventing water flowing from the house, and causing internal damage to this historic property. Yesterday's incident was caused by a foreign lorry, with an exceedingly abusive driver, who refused to reverse, and deliberately continued over the verge. He was trying to EXIT Preston having travelled down Main street. What is apparent from talking to local residents, is that SatNav devices seem to 'route' vehicles down Cross lane rather than Main st or Ridlington Road. Hence ONE suggestion is whether the council can 'remove' of 'alter' the status of Cross lane on the roads database, so it isn't available for planning routes. This woudl seem a very low cost solution to an ongoing problem I think the last RCC contact on this issue was with Neil Tomlinson back in 2017
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Posted by Rutland County Council at 11:55, Wed 11 August 2021
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Thank you for your report. We have now inspected the defect and no planned repair is necessary at this stage. Please be assured that we will continue to inspect in line with our Highway Safety Inspection Policy. Thank you for reporting this matter and this report is now closed.
State changed to: Closed
Posted by Rutland County Council at 11:25, Wed 16 March 2022
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.