10 January 2019 Badly Damaged Lampposts – Elephant and Castle, SE1 Two lampposts at the Elephant and Castle, SE1, were badly damaged several months ago, leaving dangerous stumps. They are located between the southbound A3 – Elephant and Castle and the railway bridge over the Walworth Road – either side of the bus stop outside the shopping centre. Please provide the following information: All inspection and/or survey records and health and safety risk assessments; Repair and/or replacement work orders including dates issued and any projected completion dates; Please supply the information in digital form.

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TfL Ref: FOI-2658-1819

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 10^th January 2019 asking for information about lampposts in need of repair at the Elephant and Castle.

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

“Two lampposts at the Elephant and Castle, SE1, were badly damaged several months ago, leaving dangerous stumps. They are located between the southbound A3 – Elephant and Castle and the railway bridge over the Walworth Road – either side of the bus stop outside the shopping centre.

Please provide the following information:

All inspection and/or survey records and health and safety risk assessments;

Repair and/or replacement work orders including dates issued and any projected completion dates.”

The records we hold in relation to lamppost defects at this location are attached as Annexes A-D. When the two lamp columns were damaged works were immediately carried out to ensure the stumps were made safe, ensuring that they did not pose any threat to the public’s safety until new columns can be installed. The columns that were damaged are bespoke and have had to be specially ordered.

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 our maintenance programmes

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

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Yours sincerely,

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

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