Ash tree on council land on North side of road
Reported via desktop in the Tree roots raising a footpath category by Glen Dorricott at 13:21, Monday 31 March 2025 using FixMyStreet Pro
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7364209.
Ash tree roots have raised the footpath forcing mobility scooters and pushchairs to either travel in the road or pass behind on the grass verge as the uneven path tips passers into the road.
Updates
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A Highway Officer will carry out an initial assessment of the tree, emergency issues will be corrected or made safe at the time of the inspection, if reasonably practicable to do so. In this context, making safe may constitute displaying warning notices, coning‐off or fencing‐off to protect the public from the tree or other suitable action.
If the inspection team cannot make safe the defect at the time of inspection, then they will instigate the relevant emergency call procedures to ensure appropriate resources are mobilised to make the tree safe. Highway Officers are not qualified as tree experts and in some cases they may need to arrange for a tree surgeon to visit the site and carry out a survey on the tree which can take up to 12 weeks.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will be classified as a minor defect and does not pose any risk to either the safety or the integrity of the highway, these are called minimum recording levels as specified in our Highways Safety Inspection Policy, in these cases no action will be taken.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 13:21, Monday 31 March 2025
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Update
An initial assessment has been made and further work to investigate this enquiry is required. This should be completed within the next 28 days.
Please be assured we will continue to monitor the issue in line with our Highways Safety Inspection Policy.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 16:09, Monday 14 April 2025
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