FOI Request - Potholes 2015 to 2019
Request 101002370594
For the purpose of these questions, please consider all references to a “pothole” to be defined as any physical defect in the surface of the road which potentially poses a hazard to road users, such as potholes, sunken manhole covers, cracks in the tarmac or any other defect.
1.
a. How many potholes were reported to Moray Council in each of the past five years for which data is available?
b. How many of those potholes reported to Moray Council, in each of the past five years for which data is available, failed to meet the required intervention criteria, as set by Moray Council, due to insufficient depth, width or other factor?
Please provide answers for each year individually. If it is not possible to provide data for the past five years for which data is available, please provide it for the last full year for which data is available.
2.
a. Does Moray Council set target repair times depending on the seriousness of an identified pothole/defect?
b. How many potholes/defects were repaired by Moray Council in each of the past five years for which data is available?
c. Of those potholes repaired, how many were repaired within Moray Council’s set target time, for each of the past five years for which data is available?
Please provide answers for each year individually. If it is not possible to provide data for the past five years for which data is available, please provide it for the last full year for which data is available.
3.
a. How many miles of highway is Moray Council responsible for maintaining?
b. How many full-time equivalent staff does Moray Council currently employ to inspect its highway network to identify and classify highway defects or potential highway defects?
c. How many full-time equivalent staff did Moray Council directly employ to inspect its highway network to identify and classify highway defects on the 1st of January for each of the past four years (1/1/2016, 1/1/2017, 1/1/2018, 1/1/2019)
Please provide answers for each year individually. If it is not possible to provide data for the past four years for which data is available, please provide it for the last full year for which data is available.
Response 06-02-2020
1. a. 2015 = 361
• 2016 = 509
• 2017 = 380
• 2018 = 499
• 2019 = 564
b. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not held.
2.a. Yes
b. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not held.
The closest data we have is the number of works instructions for carriageway defect repairs that were completed each year. Each of these instruction may include the repair of several carriageway defects so these figures do not accurately represent the number of defects.
• 2015 = 4273
• 2016 = 4528
• 2017 = 4064
• 2018 = 4682
• 2019 = 4774
c.
• 2015 = 3960
• 2016 = 4283
• 2017 = 3668
• 2018 = 4048
• 2019 = 3942
3.a. Our current LoPR length is 1558.367 km (968.324 miles).
b. 3.8 FTE
c.
• 01/01/16 = 2.25 FTE
• 01/01/17 = 2.25 FTE
• 01/01/18 = 2.25 FTE
• 01/01/19 = 3.8 FTE