The roads are not consistent and we feel all the roads in the
Frenchwood area should be tarmacked for smooth driving and
inconvenience.
We also ask for the speed bump on Bence Road to be removed and
redesigned as we believe it is damaging to cars, no matter what
speed you go.
This ePetition ran from 26/01/2023 to 05/05/2023 and has now finished.
25 people signed this ePetition.
Sett paved roads have been in in-situ for many years, providing largely maintenance- free use to the road user and the County Council. All roads, including sett paved roads, in Lancashire that are selected for resurfacing through the capital programme are done so in accordance with our Transport Asset Management Plan (TAMP) principles and the process outlined below.
All of the county's roads and footways are assessed on an annual basis in preparation for the capital programme for the following year. The process for the countywide analysis is undertaken in an objective way using data to make decisions, this allows accountable, transparent and fully justifiable decisions to be made without prejudice, and attempts to focus the finite funding available to the council in the most appropriate way.
The assessment is undertaken using Geographic Information System (GIS) Software and utilises a prioritisation strategy underpinned by the overall base condition of the carriageway or footway (such as extent of cracking, rutting, chipping loss etc.), of which a full condition survey is undertaken annually for the classified roads such as ABC's and the Urban, Rural and footways are surveyed every other year as these types of roads do not deteriorate as fast as the classified network which carry the majority of the traffic and heavy goods vehicles.
With condition data being the underlying factor for assessing a scheme's priority for funding it is important to place this in the context of sett paved roads and all other roads within Lancashire. The removal of setts and replacement, or more likely reconstruction with asphalt, would only be approved for funding where there is a case to do so due to the underlying condition and the cost and resources burden that their ongoing maintenance places on the Council.
This outcome of this assessment is combined with the numbers of accepted safety defects (potholes, tripping hazards, failed patching etc), the number of public complaints and the strategic significance of the carriageway or footway. This includes, but is not limited to, primary and secondary gritting routes, inclusion in the Resilient Route Network, utilisation for public transport, provision of access to emergency services, social services and schools, alongside the numbers of residential and commercial properties served by the carriageway or footway. The strategic factors are weighted differently according to the highways environment they are in. Finally, each assessment determines if a preventative or resurfacing treatment is appropriate.
The process outlined above has been carried out in the area relating the petition, and the condition score does not justify qualification for a resurfacing scheme at this time. Furthermore, setts do have a traffic-calming effect, which in residential areas such as this are, of course, advantageous.