ERC admit -

if your road is in a poor state, all you can expect is a poor repair !!

'In those circumstances it is very difficult for repair teams to carry out high quality durable repairs when the condition of the adjacent surface is poor.'

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Date : 28/05/2018 - 19:21 (GMTST)
Subject : FW: 1772232 / 114863 - Cllr MacDonald

From: *Roads
Sent: 18 May 2018 14:05
To: Macdonald, D (Cllr)
Subject: 1772232 / 114863 - Cllr MacDonald

Dear Councillor Macdonald,

Firstly please accept my apologies for the time taken to respond to your email.

Pothole repair works are instructed by technical staff and the works are carried out by the Roads Contracting Unit.

The workforce are fully trained and the work on site is overseen by the Works Supervisor.

Follow up inspections are carried out by technical staff however due to the vast number of sites involved technical staff do not carry out follow up inspections to each and every location.

Unfortunately due to budget constraints which only allow us to resurface a portion of the roads which require attention there will be times when pothole repairs are being undertaken to keep a road safe when its condition actually requires resurfacing or large scale structural patching.

In those circumstances it is very difficult for repair teams to carry out high quality durable repairs when the condition of the adjacent surface is poor.

A technical officer has carried out an inspection of Viaduct Road and has confirmed that sections of it do warrant larger scale surfacing and/or patching work and that the pothole repairs carried out have repaired the safety defects and are of suitable quality given the overall condition of the road.

As you may be aware the Roads Service assesses the condition of roads annually on an objective basis to prioritise schemes for our annual resurfacing and patching programmes and unfortunately the number of carriageways and footways requiring repair far outstrips the monies available.

The prioritisation of schemes considers the traffic volumes and speeds on the route as well as its condition.

It may be possible to include parts of Viaduct Road in a future years surfacing programme however as with other roads in a similar condition that will be subject to budget allocations and consideration of other competing priorities.

In the meantime Viaduct Road will continue to be inspected and safety defects repaired as appropriate.

I trust this information will allow you to respond to your constituent and my apologies again for the time taken,

Regards
Jane
Jane Corrie
Roads & Transportation Controller
East Renfrewshire Council
Unit 2 Spiersbridge Business Park
Thornliebank
G46 8NG

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Subject : Viaduct Road

Good morning Jane,

...... a ward 4 resident, has recently brought this road complaint to my attention and I have made a site visit .

Attached are the pictures of patching that was recently undertaken on numerous potholes down the full length of Viaduct Road.

The complaint is that the work is of very poor quality, not in keeping with the overall colour of road surface (red) and some of the patching is already starting to show signs of breaking up only a few weeks after completion.

Although by far an expert, on face value I have to agree ....... that the quality of the workmanship appears to be very poor indeed.

Do ERC Roads have a Quality Assurance protocol whereby a senior officer visits the completed work to sign off on it? It appears these repairs are being completed with little to no senior supervision.

Kind regards,
David.

At least Councillor Ireland did walk round with me to inspect the 'repairs'.

However, Councillor Ireland has gone very quiet when asked to challenge Roads Service findings !

Cllrs Lafferty, Mlller and Irelend would appear to be more concerned with representing and sticking up for the Roads Service Department, rather than representing their constituents.

Roads say -

'At this time Viaduct Road is at no. 113 on the Road services assessment list for future carriageway resurfacing and Linwood ave is at no. 243.' At 15 schemes per annum -

It will be 7 1/2 years until Viaduct Road is considered for resurfacing !

It will be 16 years until Linwood Ave is considered for resurfacing !

You, I, Roads and the Council know this is not sustainable. These roads will be little more than 'dirt tracks' (if they are not already) if more investment is not forthcoming.


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Date : 17/05/2018 - 11:25 (GMTST)
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Subject : Re: Viaduct Road/ Linwood Avenue

Hi Annette

Can you get back to Jane on behalf of your constituents regarding the quality of these 'repairs'.

Jane's reply does not address the problem with the quality of the repairs. This seems to have been ignored by Jane.

Presume you are not happy that your constituents should have to put up with the poor quality of these 'repairs'.

Thanks


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Date : 09/05/2018 - 15:43 (GMTST)
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Subject : Re: Viaduct Road/ Linwood Avenue

Hi Annette

Same old story......

However, this does not address the problem with the quality of the repairs. This seems to have been ignored by Jane.

Presume you are not happy that your constituents should have to put up with the poor quality of these 'repairs'.

Thanks


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Date : 09/05/2018 - 13:50 (GMTST)
Subject : Viaduct Road/ Linwood Avenue


Good Afternoon

Please find attached a response I have, this afternoon, received from Jane Corrie regarding Viaduct Road and Linwood Avenue.  

Regards

Annette


9 May 2018

Dear Councillor Ireland

Condition of Road - Viaduct Road and Linwood Avenue, Clarkston

Thank you for your recent enquiry concerning the condition of Viaduct Road and Linwood Avenue, Clarkston.

The Roads Service assesses the condition of roads and footways within East Renfrewshire on an objective basis with a view to including any repair works into our annual resurfacing and patching programmes.

Unfortunately, (as is the case with many Councils), the number of carriageways and footways requiring repair far outstrips the resources available to carry out remediation.

We therefore prepare resurfacing and patching schemes based upon our annual inspection regime.

Our Capital and Revenue works programmes are approved annually at the start of each financial year by the Council.

This usually results in us being able to complete between 15 and 20 schemes per annum.

Where a carriageway or fooyway cannot be included in the annual resurfacing and patching programme our primary aim is to ensure that any defects are made safe.

At this time Viaduct Road is at no. 113 on the Road services assessment list for future carriageway resurfacing and Linwood ave is at no. 243.

I understand your constituents concerns and these roads will continue to be inspected and any safety defects visible at the time wll be scheduled for repair.

Jane Corrie
Roads & Transport Controller
Environment Department
Roads & Transportation Service.


Hi Annette

Thanks for your time and looking at the 'repairs'.
Did you email Jane Corrie.

Thanks

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Date : 30/04/2018 - 18:42 (GMTST)
Subject : RE: 1737604 - Viaduct Road
Good afternoon
 
Thank you very much for your email. 
 
I was given to understand that repairs would be complete by this date.  I am more than happy to meet with yourself on Viaduct Road in order to view the repairs.
I am free tomorrow morning or Wednesday morning first thing, or alternatively Thursday 10th.
 
Regards
Cllr Annette Ireland

Sent: 29 April 2018 14:43
To: Ireland, A (Cllr)
Cc: Ireland, A (Cllr)
Subject: Re: 1737604 - Viaduct Road
Hi Annette

Have you looked at the repairs in Viaduct Road.

As said,  would appreciate if you could have a look at the repairs and comment on them.

More pot holes are now appearing.

Thanks

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Hi Annette

Have you looked at the repairs in Viaduct Road.

As said,  would appreciate if you could have a look at the repairs and comment on them.

More pot holes are now appearing.

Thanks

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Date : 09/04/2018 - 12:17 (GMTST)
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Hi Annette

Work has been carried out. But they have really only papered (sorry tarred) over the cracks.

I would appreciate if you could have a look at the repairs and comment on them.

Thanks

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Hi Jane

Thanks for this.

I don't want to disagree but, a man with a small van was seen with a shovel and filled in 1 pot hole near the entrance to Busby Road.

The problem is that if you just fill in the many, and there are many potholes very close together, they will just reappear again.

But I look forward to the work being carried out.

Thanks

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Date : 05/04/2018 - 13:17 (GMTST)
Subject : 1737604

The defects on Viaduct Rd, Linnwood Avenue and Overlee Rd are included on our list for repairs.

Unfortunately, due to the recent weather conditions there is quite a backlog of repairs at present and we have several teams working on these to catch up.

A team did attend Viaduct Road around the 31st of March to deal with some of the larger holes but still have to return to complete the others.

We hope to have all the outstanding repairs on these roads completed in the next 2-3weeks however that is subject to weather conditions and progress of works at other locations.

Regards
Jane
Jane Corrie

Email to Ward 4 Councillors -

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Date : 10/06/2018 - 16:25 (GMTST)
Subject : Road fault report - 101001785131 - Roads deterioate further

Hi

See below. I have had to report the condition of Viaduct Road, Linwood Ave and Overlee Road again.

The Roads have deteriorated further and the last pothole repairs are now themselves in need of repair.

Jane Corrie , Roads & Transportation Controller admits your constituents have to put up with poor repairs -


''In those circumstances it is very difficult for repair teams to carry out high quality durable repairs when the condition of the adjacent surface is poor.'

(They didn't even ask residents to move their cars to try and make a 'decent' repair)


'At this time Viaduct Road is at no. 113 on the Road services assessment list for future carriageway resurfacing and Linwood ave is at no. 243.' At 15 schemes per annum -

It will be 7 1/2 years until Viaduct Road is considered for resurfacing !

It will be 16 years until Linwood Ave is considered for resurfacing !

You, I, Roads and the Council know this is not sustainable. These roads will be little more than 'dirt tracks' (if they are not already) if more investment is not forthcoming.

Why should your constituents have to put up with poor repairs?


What further action do you propose now for your constituents to improve this dire situation.


- Road fault report - 101001785131

Please inspect Viaduct Road, Linwood Ave and Overlee Road.

There are too many potholes to list here.

The surface on all these roads is breaking up both in the middle and in the gutters.

These roads have again deteriorated since the last small number of repairs.

The recent 'repairs' to potholes in Viaduct Road are now themselves in need of repair.

The road surface outside Nos 14, 16, 18 Linwood Ave is potholed and breaking away. The road is also breaking up in the gutters.

Jane Corrie , Roads & Transportation Controller has admitted -


If your road is in a poor state, all you can expect is a poor repair !!

'In those circumstances it is very difficult for repair teams to carry out high quality durable repairs when the condition of the adjacent surface is poor.'

Please give details of what inspection was carried out.

Please give details of location and details of what 'repairs' were carried out.

Thanks

Good evening,

I will respond directly to your specific question as to where we go from here.

My answer is simple. Changing the guard. I will be spending the remaining time I have in my current term to encourage Independent candidates to come forward for wards 2, 3 and 5 for the next election and then once we have Independent candidates for each ward I would encourage as many people as possible to join an aligned campaign team to assist in winning as many seats as possible. We have to push home the message to the public that the only way you will ever have a council that will do the job properly is if you have community focussed residents becoming councillors. Nobody from a political party need be in that chamber. We should all be speaking with Independent voices and not using the council platform to stoke fires of higher politics. This is what is clogging up the effectiveness of local governance and policy.

In the short term regarding roads repairs. I have to be the bearer of bad news - You will have to ride this out until the next election. That may sound harsh but that is the sad reality. The public are the only ones who have the power to make the right changes. Vote in the same old faces. You will get the same old service. Vote in Independents who have no political axe to grind and you will have a council far better calibrated.

Cllr. David Macdonald. (IND)
Ward 4

Cllr. David Macdonald wrote:


I personally could not agree more...........

I thought when we had a few newbies going in things would change, sorry to say but hey immediately fell into the party line.