I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act relating to a road your authority is responsible for maintaining. Specifically, my query relates to the A3212 Chelsea Embankment, Westbound between A3216 and Albert Bridge Road Please can you send me: 1) A copy of your current road maintenance policy relating to that road. Please send me the full policy, but this should include details of the intended frequency of road safety inspections, how these inspections should be conducted and the maximum time between identification of a defect and repairs being carried out. 2) A copy of the road repair history for that road over the past year. Again, please send me the full road repair history, but this should include: - dates of all safety inspections between 07/02/2017 and 08/04/2017 - details of how safety inspections were undertaken (walked or driven, speed of inspection vehicle etc) - details of all carriageway defects identified, with description, date and time - details of how the authority handled these defects, what repairs were undertaken and the time between the identification of each defect and a repair being carried out.

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TfL Ref: FOI-0810-1920

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 19 June 2019.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm we hold some of the information you require. You asked for:

1. A copy of your current road maintenance policy relating to that road. Please send me the full policy, but this should include details of the intended frequency of road safety inspections, how these inspections should be conducted and the maximum time between identification of a defect and repairs being carried out.

    

   Our policy documents for inspections cover all TfL roads and are not related to a specific road.  Attached is an excerpt from our policy which includes details of the intended frequency of road safety inspections, how these inspections should be conducted and the maximum time between identification of a defect and repairs being carried out. 

    

    

2. A copy of the road repair history for that road over the past year. Again, please send me the full road repair history, but this should include:

- dates of all safety inspections between 07/02/2017 and 08/04/2017

- details of how safety inspections were undertaken (walked or driven, speed of inspection vehicle etc)

- details of all carriageway defects identified, with description, date and time

- details of how the authority handled these defects, what repairs were undertaken and the time between the identification of each defect and a repair being carried out.

Please find attached our inspection / defect records for the previous year including 07/02/2017 to 08/04/2017.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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