FOI Request - Drains
Request 101003527738
Our FOI request relates to instances of puddles and standing water on roads / highways caused by blocked drains that may have led to splashes as vehicles drive past.
1. Please fill in the below table regarding blocked drains on road/highways. In this instance drains are: Highway drainage systems designed to manage the rainwater that lands on the road/highway, both to prevent flooding and to protect the road surface. They can include a wide variety of features including but not limited to roadside surface water drains and channels/gullies, shallow channels that convey water off the road into a drainage ditch (known as ‘grips’ or ‘letts’) and storm drains.
Response 08-04-2024
1.
| Year | How many blocked road drains (as defined above) were reported to you in the following years? | How many road drains (as defined above) did you unblock (either after a report or as part of ongoing maintenance) in the following years? | Total cost spent on unblocking road drains (as defined above) in each of the following years? | Total cost spent on unblocking road drains (as defined above) in each of the following years? |
| 2022/23 | 253 | 10288 | £152,042 | 18850 |
| 2021/22 | 256 | 9833 | £135,038 | 18591 |
| 2020/21 | 234 | 9009 | £104,537 | 18548 |