FOI Request - Highway Gullies

Request 101003459784

1. If you have a schedule for clearing gullies on residential roads and if so the frequency with which this work is carried out.

2. Is your maintenance work for clearing gullies carried by a contractor or your own staff?

3. What type of equipment is used? Eg do you own a gully sucker? Or do your contractors use a gully stucker?

4. Have you used new technology for your gully clearing? If so, please give details. Specifically have you used In Touch Ltd SmartWater sensors https://www.intouch-ltd.com/smartwater/gully-systems or do you have plans to do so? If so, what, if any, reductions in cost and/or reductions in blockages have resulted?

Response 29-01-2024

1. Rural Priority Gullies are cleaned annually;  Rural Non-Priority Gullies are cleaned every 2 years.

Urban Priority Gullies are cleaned annually; Urban Non-Priority Gullies are cleaned every 5 years

2. Internal: Direct Labour Organisation (DLO).

3. The Internal DLO have 2no Gully Sucker/Sweeper Vehicles and 1no Jetter/Gully Sucker Vehicle.

4. No.