Change in road height following repair - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Can you please inform me the change in road height that LCC use that would result in a road being repaired and made level? I am referring to if, for example, the centre of the road is higher than the edges and causing a car to "bottom out".

2. Can you inform me the height difference when job number 466937 on FixMyStreet was declined to be repaired and made level?

Decision

1. LCC Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan page 95 onwards details how we define defects along with the response time for repair.

In reality defects of the nature described are often not considered an "abrupt" level difference or pothole and when in a longitudinal direction are often considered to prevent less risk to a similar defect in a transverse direction. Therefore for the lower hierarchies, a road with defects of this nature is often identified for planned future maintenance without an expected time frame for delivery.

https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/directory-record/61685/highways-infrastructure-asset-management-plan

Reference number
8995401
Date request received
20 February 2024
Date of decision
13 March 2024