Footpath - 24, De Havilland Drive
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 8009152.
Hi there,
I am writing about the lamp post on the footpath in front of our property. Unlike other lamp posts which are found at the edge of properties (say between houses), this one is right in the middle of our footpath.
Because we have a good drive way, we find that delivery drives are tending to reverse into our driveway to turn around. But in doing so, they are somehow managing to reverse right into the lamp post. We ourselves have seen atleast 2 such incidences. The lamppost is now damaged and although is not leaning or falling over, we now feel that it is just a matter of time before it gets hit again. We are worried that it will fall over on someone or something (our house or the cars etc).
Can this lamppost please be moved to the edge of the property before something untoward happens. Obviously, there is nothing we can do to stop the delivery guys from reversing into our driveway. They obviously don't ask our permission.
I spoke to one of your colleagues over the phone and they advised me to raise it as an issue with the footpath so that someone can come over to take a look at the damaged lamp post and its location etc.
Please feel free to get in touch with me before coming over. You can get me on 07985775347.
Sincerely, Boraiah Nataraj
Updates
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The report has been passed to the Highway Officer, who will carry out an inspection of the issue within 10 working days, emergency defects 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 defect 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 defect safe.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will not be repaired as it has been 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.
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.