FOI Request - Information on Roads and Footpaths Maintenance
Request 101003594814
1. Confirmation that the road and footpaths on IV30 8HQ have been adopted by the Local Authority.
2. Confirmation that the Local Authority have a responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of IV30 8HQ including winter maintenance such as gritting.
3. Details of your winter maintenance operational plan or winter maintenance policy relating to the adopted roads within the local authority area during the period from two weeks prior to 10.11.23 to two weeks following the above date. For the avoidance of doubt, this information should include details of your system for prioritising roads for winter maintenance and gritting in winter, the factors taken into consideration when planning gritting operations, and the time of gritting operations.
4. Details of what level of priority IV30 8HQ was in respect of your system for prioritising roads for winter maintenance and gritting in winter, as at 10.11.23.
5. Details of any gritting carried out in your local authority area during the period of one week prior to 10.11.23 to one week following the above date. These records should indicate
which priority roads were treated, the number of treatments given, and the timing of these treatments.
6. Whether any warning signs or information were provided to members of the General Public within your Local Authority area warning of the dangers of the roads and the poor conditions during the period of one week prior to 10.11.23 to one week following the above date.
7. Details of any request received from any source for additional winter maintenance or reactive winter
treatment that IV30 8HQ received during the period of one week prior to 10.11.23 to one week following the above date.
8. Documents held by the Local Authority showing any 24 hour weather forecast covering IV30 8HQ in the period of one week prior to 10.11.23 to one week following this date.
9. Documents held by the Local Authority showing any long-range forecast covering IV30 8HQ in the
period of one week prior to 10.11.23 to one week following the above date.
10. Documents held by the Local Authority showing sight specific forecast graphs showing minimum surface
temperature and air temperature affecting road surfaces and pavements at IV30 8HQ in the period of one week prior to 10.11.23 to one week following this date.
11. Details of any other accidents at the locus for one week prior to 10.11.23 and one week after.
12. Details of any complaints relating to the locus for one week prior to 10.11.23 and one week after.
Response 17-07-2024
(Please note, due to the volume of the files, such as plans and graphs, these have been sent to the requester directly)
1. The postcode IV30 8HQ relates to an area to the north east of Lhanbryde. The only significant road in this area is Urquhart Place, Lhanbryde. Urquhart Place was adopted onto the LoPR in 2019 and the attached plan shows the roads and footpaths that have been adopted. The remaining answers will be specifically in relation to Urquhart Place only.
2. Urquhart Place, Lhanbryde has been adopted on the LoPR - therefore it is the responsibility of the council to provide maintenance to this section of road in accordance with the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.
3. The councils Winter Service Operational Plan is available at www.moray.gov.uk/winter. Specifically see sections :- 1.2 & 1.3 for hierarchies and timings, and Part 2 for factors taken into consideration when planning gritting operations. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible
4. As per Appendix D of the Winter Service Operational Plan, Urquhart Place for Winter Maintenance is considered a P4 for carriageway and P3 for footways.
5. Attached are our Winter Maintenance Plan & Action Logs for the period specified. The routes referred to within this relate to our Winter Service Operational Plan - Appendix A & B. During the dates requested we only ran P1 routes, with no actions carried out on secondary routes or footpaths.
6. No.
7. No records found. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
8. Attached are our 36hr forecasts from each of the dates requested - Urquhart Place would be in our Low Domain (<100m Altitude).
9. Attached are our 2-5 day forecasts from each of the dates requested - Urquhart Place would be in our Low Domain (<100m Altitude).
10. Attached are the forecast graphs received by the council as at 13:00 on the dates requested. Urquhart Place would be in our Low Domain (<100m Altitude) therefore the graphs are from our Laich of Moray station on the A941 between Elgin & Lossiemouth. Solid lines indicate observations, whereas dashed lines indicate a forecast.
11. Roads Maintenance do not have any record of any accidents relating to Urquhart Place, Lhanbryde, including any on the 10th.
12. None. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.