Whalebone lane, Little Ponton

Pothole on Whalebone lane, Little Ponton on the 9 December 2025 and we understand the road where the pothole is located is maintained by Lincolnshire County Council.

1) Your complaint, maintenance and inspection records for the road in question for the 12 months prior to the incident date.

2) The hierarchy classification given to the road based on its usage and location.

3) What is your road safety inspection frequency for this road?

4) What was your chosen method of inspection. Please be specific on whether this was carried out on foot or by a drive by. If

by drive by, was there a driver and inspector and at what speed was the inspection vehicle travelling at.

5) Were you aware of this pothole before our customer collided with it. If you were aware of it, when was when was it scheduled
for repair.

Whalebone Lane, Little Ponton is a Hierarchy 4 carriageway. As set out within the Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan Highways infrastructure asset management plan 2026

Hierarchy 4 carriageways are inspected once per annum and undertaken on a driven inspection from a slow-moving vehicle with both a driver and a Highways Officer present.

The attached site history report provides details of complaints received (under the "Customer Services" heading), together with maintenance and inspection records (under the "Condition Survey" heading) for the timescale specified.

A job to repair the defect was raised on 9 December 2025 at 11:23:23 with a 22-hour priority response time (priority escalated at that time by Highways Officer). The repair was subsequently completed on 10 December 2025 at 10:17:03.

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.