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Dangerous pavement slabs outside house

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Cupcake4u · 06/02/2019 09:08

I live in a coldesack with a patch of grass and trees outside and it has a pavement surrounding it so people can access there front doors .
These paving slabs haven't been maintained since the early 90s . 2019 the slabs have all started to lift up and become uneven and some are cracked and they look unsightly , numerous times ive tripped or stubbed my toe on them and so have my children. It's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt badley .

I'm not the only one who's made a comment about them , I know all of my neighbors well and they have said they are becoming a nuisance .

It's not a matter of one being fixed all of them need replacing because every slab is uneven

How do I go about getting g them fixed ?

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Angrybird345 · 06/02/2019 09:13

Log it with the council?

If your cul de sac is a private road, homeowners will be liable .

CuriousaboutSamphire · 06/02/2019 09:18

Report to your council. If you put the name of your council and 'pavement hazard' into google you should get the right website address pop up - it should be called Public Rights of Way

The definition of a trip hazard is a 'lip' of 1 inch or mor, existing for 6 months or more (apparently councils should be allowed plenty of time to assess and plan maintenance requirements). So measure the step in the slabs, take a picture and send them all of that information. If you have any pictures from last year that show it, send them too, it might hurry them up a bit.

But councils do rely on peple reporting such things via the PRW, so let them know ASAP!

AgathaF · 06/02/2019 09:21

As above, report it to your local council. It's usually easy enough to do online, and you can always follow it up with a phone call to find out what action is being taken.

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Seeline · 06/02/2019 09:25

If it's a public road, adopted by the Council report to them - usually the Highways department.
If it's a private road it will be down to the management company/residents themselves to organise repairs.

DGRossetti · 06/02/2019 09:37

www.fixmystreet.com/

CuriousaboutSamphire · 06/02/2019 09:47

Oh! I'd forgptten about fixmystreet! There's a stupidly placed phone box thing I need to compain about! Thanks Smile

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