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Road subsiding into deep ditch
Sent to Norfolk County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5569029.
Lady Drove, Downham Market. Look for 'SLOW' painted on the road just BEFORE entering the 40MPH speed limit for Barroway Drove, (heading from the A1122 toward Barroway Drove).
At the left side of the road, where 'SLOW' has been painted on the road, the edge of the highway is subsiding toward the ditch/drain which runs alongside the road. Look too for a rut in the verge beside the subsiding section, where an HGV recently left the road and almost ended up in the ditch.
Please see attached photos.
Lady Drove was partly closed earlier this month for much-needed repair work to similar defects, but this section was missed, despite having been previously marked by NCC for repair.
A disproportionate number of HGVs use this feeble road, which probably goes a long way to explaining this subsidence.
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15 02 24 ncc: enq-686692-z5z6p2
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The usual dismissive response from NCC Highways:
Your enquiry ENQ-686692-Z5Z6P2 received on 15/02/2024 12:38:46 regarding Highways Maintenance: Highway Damage (excluding potholes) has been updated.
New Status: No action has been taken at this time but we will continue to monitor the problem -We have assessed that the defect does not currently meet our intervention criteria. We will continue to monitor as part of normal scheduled inspections.
Any additional comments the Highways Officer has made relating to this enquiry will be displayed below: Your comments are noted.
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Defect is still being ignored by NCC Highways.
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It came as no surprise to anyone familiar with the condition of this awful road that yesterday, 08 04 24, a car driven by someone who was unfamiliar with the condition of this awful road, ended up in the ditch, (see photos).
Where the edge of the road is subsiding into the ditch it has caused a ridge to form in the road surface, which can snatch to the left, the steering of any vehicle caught by it, toward, or as in this case, into the ditch.
Those who know this road will take to the centreline or even to the opposite side to avoid this danger.
Fortunately this was not a fatal accident.
Please repair this dangerous defect before another, possibly more statistically-significant accident occurs.
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No change....
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09 05 24. Still the same.....
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No change, still nothing done.....
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