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Drain cover caused vehicle damage - oil on road

Reported via mobile in the Pavement/footpath/cycleway/bridleway issue (NH) category anonymously at 11:54, Tuesday 8 April 2025

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7405074.

Due to failure to act on FixMyStreet ref: 6914043 since last 2 years dropped drain cover has just caused damage to delivery van oil sump and now engine oil is all over the inside lane of A5.

Updates

  • Thank you for making your report. We have asked our inspection team to attend this location and assess the issue.

    If any work is needed, they will arrange for this to happen. Should no immediate work be required we will continue to monitor this during our regular inspections.

    Although we always aim to complete repairs as quickly as possible, timescales do vary as we try to minimise disruption to customers by combining activities into single closures and always ensuring the safety of our people.

    Kind regards National Highways

    State changed to: Internal referral

    Posted by National Highways at 12:14, Monday 14 April 2025

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