Grade F: Report for Essex Highways Maintenance

January 16, 2023 in Essex County Council

Last week I received the latest Essex Highways report which doesn't really tell us much that we don't already know. The outstanding carriageway defects as of 31st December 2022 in Rochford totalled 1274 across the different categories of route classification and the total footpath defects stood at a whooping 19757 across the different categories of footpaths.

The Rochford District ranks #2 for the number of outstanding footpath defects in the whole of the Essex County and ranks #9 for the total number of outstanding carriageway defects.

Rochford District ranks #2 for footpath defects in December 2022

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James Newport

Essex County Councillor for Rayleigh North, Rochford District Councillor for Downhall & Rawreth and Rayleigh Town Councillor for Sweyne.