To: Essex County Council
EFDC HIGHWAYS
Reintroduce regular inspections of the highways, and promptly repair defects, particularly those representing a danger, without waiting for complaints and accident injury and damage claims from the public.
Apply and enforce the Highways Acts to prevent damage and obstruction and recover the cost of repairs from those responsible.
Why is this important?
The presently neglected state of roads and footpaths is a danger to all classes of road users. Pedestrians run the constant risk of tripping on eroded or damaged paths. Holes and other defects in roads are a very serious threat to cyclists and motorcyclists, and motorists are sustaining regular damage to wheels, tyres, and suspension.
In the present climate of budget constraints it is right and proper for those responsible for causing damage to pay the costs of repairs, otherwise those costs will be added to the already stretched cost of maintenance.
