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Pavements -
maintenance
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The local authority has responsibility for the
maintenance of pavements within the area. They should
provide advice on reporting dangerous pavements and
what to do in the event of an accident resulting from
trip hazards (holes, uneven paving slabs etc.) on the
pavement.
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Pavements -
obstructions
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Streetworks, roadworks, skips, scaffolds, hoardings,
advertising boards and building materials that block
the pavement are all considered to be causing an
obstruction to pedestrians. The council is
responsible for ensuring that such obstructions are
removed.
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Pavements -
personal injury
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Dealing with reports of personal injury caused by
damage and/or hazards on roads and pavements which it
is the responsibility of the local authority to
maintain.
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Pavements -
stolen slabs
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Dealing with pavement theft, ensuring there is no
risk to public safety resulting from the theft and
handling of reports regarding theft of paving stones.
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Road
safety - cycling and walking to school
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Promotion of safer, more environmentally sustainable
and healthier ways of getting to and from school with
particular emphasis on walking and cycling.
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Road
safety - cycling proficiency
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The RoSPA national cycling proficiency test is
offered free to children over the age of nine to help
develop their essential cycling skills, often through
their school and generally administered by the local
authority. Some authorities may also offer similar
training to adults.
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Road
safety - dangerous road junctions
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The Council should have a continuing programme of
schemes to improve the safety and operation of the
highway network. Many of these schemes originate from
requests made by the public. As well as concerns
about the safety of individual road junctions, there
are requests for pedestrian crossing facilities,
speed restraint measures (such as road humps), and
minor issues such as new warning signs.
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Road
safety - driver training
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Driver education programmes that are available to
both recreational and professional drivers.
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Road
safety - pedestrian crossings
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Provision and maintenance of pedestrian crossings in
locations where it is likely that pedestrians may
need to cross roads within the local authority area
e.g. at major road junctions, near shopping areas,
outside schools.
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Road
safety - speed checks
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Speed calming safety cameras are designed to detect
and prevent speed limit offences and provide evidence
for a fixed penalty notice.
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Road
safety - traffic schemes
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The local authority is responsible for proposing and
implementing traffic schemes to reduce road accidents
and congestion on roads in the local area. Local
residents/businesses may apply to the authority for a
review of traffic where they believe there is a
problem.
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Roads
- flooding - drains and gullies
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Routine ditch and gully emptying (usually annual).
Emergency clearance of ditches, gullies and drains
when flooding of roads or pavements is occurring.
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Roads
- maintenance
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Maintenance and repair of potholes where the surface
of the road has been eroded posing a risk to road
users.
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Roads
- school crossing patrols
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Provision of school crossing patrols in locations
where children frequently need to cross the road on
their way to school (e.g. opposite school premises,
at major road junctions near a school) and where
children may be in danger from road traffic.
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Roads
- speed limits
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The local authority (often with the local police) is
responsible for setting speed limits on roads within
their area. In setting a speed limit the authority
will consider the alignment of the road , the speed
most motorists expect to travel along this road and
the type of road and where it is located.
Applications to revise speed limits may be considered
by the authority.
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