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R10 ORPINGTON METROBUS

Request ID: FOI-2838-2122
Date published: 23 March 2022

You asked

Please advise me on the full history of notice of events for road closures we have endured over the last 3 years on the R5/R10 bus route specific to Cudham Lane, North and South. Please also advise me of fines issued to the various utility companies/other organisations in relation to these continual road closures

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-2838-2122

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 5 March 2022, asking for information about the notice of events for road closures on the R5/R10 bus route and fines issued to utility companies.

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 some of the information you require. You asked:

Please also advise me on the full history of notice of events for road closures we have endured over the last 3 years on the R5/R10 bus route specific to Cudham Lane, North and South.
We only hold road closure data from October 2020 onward.

There were 20 road closures between 5 October 2020 and 14 February 2022 for the following reasons:

7no. – Telecoms  works
1no. – Gas Main replacement
5no. – Carriageway resurfacing or maintenance
1no. – Carriageway collapse
3no. – Water main replacement or connection
3no. – Burst water main

In addition, we have obtained the following information from the London Borough of Bromley:

Cudham Lane North – 16 times in 3 years
Cudham Lane South – 12 times in 3 years

Please also advise me of fines issued to the various utility companies/other organisations in relation to these continual road closures.

We are not the highway authority for Cudham Lane and therefore not responsible for any charging of or enforcement against companies undertaking roadworks on that specific road. Please contact the London Borough of Bromley for this information.

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.

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 Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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