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Blocked drain near the head of Wood Lane which is public bridleway not on private land
Sent to Rutland County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5596979.
This blocked drain was reported fairly recently by a neighbour. It was supposedly dealt with by the Council's contractor. In fact the drain which was cleared was on the opposite side of the road to Wood Lane so the problem remains. Discharge from two houses sewage treatment systems (legitimately I think because one is a sewage treatment plant and the other is a reed bed system) are fed into this drain so at times, when families are all at home, there are quantities of overflow from this drain which then flows down the bridleway.
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We have now inspected the defect according to our highways inspection policy which can be viewed at https://www.rutland.gov.uk/ roads-transport-parking/ highways/ highways-plans-policies/ highway-inspection-policy.
On receipt of reports, our Highway Inspection team make an assessment to determine if works are required. Only the larger defects which meet the safety intervention levels as outlined in the Inspection Policy are repaired. Any remaining defects are monitored for deterioration and added to other programmes of work for repair when resources are available. We also monitor and inspect the quality of repairs aiming to ensure that any work is carried out to the best and most appropriate standard.
The limited resource available each year is insufficient to address all defects identified. For this reason, whilst priority defects will receive a repair within appropriate timescales as set out by the above policy, more minor defects will not be scheduled for immediate repair.
As the defect you have reported does not meet the required level for an immediate repair it will not be repaired at this stage. Thank you for reporting this to us and this report has been closed.
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