Road inspection outside Clapham Campus of Lambeth College, Lambeth, London- We are currently undertaking enquires with our client and in the meantime would kindly request the date of your last pre-accident inspection of this location, the frequency of inspections, how inspections are carried out (on foot or slow moving vehicle) and confirmation if any defects were noted at the time of your last pre-accident inspection. Please can you provide a copy of the inspection records and finally, have any Section 81 Notices been issued to our Clients?

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Our ref: FOI-2214-1920

Thank you for your request received on 22 October 2019 asking for information about inspections.

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 do hold the information you requested. You asked:

I would kindly request the date of your last pre-accident inspection of this location (O/S Clapham Campus of Lambeth College, Lambeth, London), the frequency of inspections, how inspections are carried out (on foot or slow moving vehicle) and confirmation if any defects were noted at the time of your last pre-accident inspection. Please can you provide a copy of the inspection records and finally, have any Section 81 Notices been issued to our Clients?

Please find attached our inspection and defect records in relation to Clapham Common Southside. Also attached is our S81 notices from Jan 2019 to May 2019 which covers the time of the incident and an excerpt from our London Highways Allied Contract services document which outlines our contractual obligations for road inspections.

TfL will ensure that the roads under its responsibility remain safe following the Well Maintained Highways Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance. The Transport for London Road Network (TLRN) is inspected on a regular basis, an effective way of assessing and recording the relative risks associated with potential circumstances of network condition. There are three categories of inspections – safety, service and condition and each of these inspections provide the basic information for addressing the core objectives of highway maintenance namely network safety, serviceability and sustainability. This information is used to develop maintenance programmes.

If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely,

Melissa Nichols

FOI Case Officer

General Counsel

Transport for London

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