Luton Borough Council
Wigmore
Ward Forums
Issues Raised
Reviewed GJR/18/03/14
WIGMORE WARD FORUM ACTIONS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome3. / 5/7/12 / Headley Drive
The road surface is unsafe due to the chippings not being ‘compacted’.
Vehicles are being damaged/scratched/dented.
Road Markings ! / LBC
Highways & Engineering / Stuart Jackson / The carriageway was dressed using a product material called Fibredeck which was undertaken by a contractor called Colas.
With ever increasing back logs of maintenance the Council is looking at more cost effective ways of treating some carriageways where there are signs of deterioration but where the road has not completely failed. The majority of defects in Hedley and Crawley Green were surface defects. We felt that this type of treatment could have rectifiedthe vast majority of the defects by sealing and thus increasing the life of thesurface for another 7 years. I did not expect thefinisheddressed road to compare with a road where the material was taken out and a new one surface inlaid. The cost to resurface both Colwell and Hedley would have been significantly higher and the surface dressing type of treatment could have delayed this by someaction by a few years
However I am disappointed with the finish product. It certainly hasn't performed as I believed it would. The majority the cracks have not been remedied, and there are certain workman issues which I am not happy with.
I have had a meeting with a Colas representative and have asked them to come up with some solution. Their technical representative has been to site, and I am awaiting his comments. I am hoping tomeet Colas again this week. This is why the road has yet to be relined.
Unfortunately the process of dressing roads with bitumen and stones results on loose chippings for the first few days. However there were more loose chips than we were expecting and it may be the case thatstones have not bonded sufficiently to thecoat of bitumen.
The Council's contractor Colas have swept the road three times. I have inspected the roads on the 10th July and the majority of the loose chips have dissipated. I shall inspect again this week. If the road needs another sweep I shall request that Colas take action.
S Jackson on behalf of Mark Aaronson (11.07.2012)
4/7/13 / Will leave this issue on until the next ward forum on the 7th November and then remove if the work has been carried out. / LBC
Highways & Engineering / Stuart Jackson / Following negotiations it has been agreed with Colas that they will return after the winter period and carry out repairs and remedial works at their own expense.
(J Palmer 13/2/13)
WIGMORE WARD FORUM ACTIONS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome4. / 5/7/12 / Cannon Lane
The traffic lights at this junction are very confusing. / Please review the timings particularly when vehicles start to move. / LBC
Highways & Engineering / Jonathan Palmer / Currently experiencing firmware problems with the computer control which will soon be resolved. Otherwise operating as designed.
(J Palmer 26/9/12)
18/3/14 / Ongoing issue. The lights are not synchronized. / LBC
Highways & Engineering / Stuart Jackson
5. / 5th July 2012 / Headley Drive
The road surface is unsafe due to the chippings not being ‘compacted’.
Vehicles are being damaged/scratched/dented.
Road Markings ! / LBC
Highways & Engineering / Stuart Jackson / The carriageway was dressed using a product material called Fibredeck which was undertaken by a contractor called Colas.
With ever increasing back logs of maintenance the Council is looking at more cost effective ways of treating some carriageways where there are signs of deterioration but where the road has not completely failed. The majority of defects in Hedley and Crawley Green were surface defects. We felt that this type of treatment could have rectifiedthe vast majority of the defects by sealing and thus increasing the life of thesurface for another 7 years. I did not expect thefinisheddressed road to compare with a road where the material was taken out and a new one surface inlaid. The cost to resurface both Colwell and Hedley would have been significantly higher and the surface dressing type of treatment could have delayed this by someaction by a few years
However I am disappointed with the finish product. It certainly hasn't performed as I believed it would. The majority the cracks have not been remedied, and there are certain workman issues which I am not happy with.
I have had a meeting with a Colas representative and have asked them to come up with some solution. Their technical representative has been to site, and I am awaiting his comments. I am hoping tomeet Colas again this week. This is why the road has yet to be relined.
Unfortunately the process of dressing roads with bitumen and stones results on loose chippings for the first few days. However there were more loose chips than we were expecting and it may be the case thatstones have not bonded sufficiently to thecoat of bitumen.
The Council's contractor Colas have swept the road three times. I have inspected the roads on the 10th July and the majority of the loose chips have dissipated. I shall inspect again this week. If the road needs another sweep I shall request that Colas take action.
S Jackson on behalf of Mark Aaronson (11.07.2012)
Following negotiations it has been agreed with Colas that they will return after the winter period and carry out repairs and remedial works at their own expense.
(J Palmer 13/2/13)
4/7/13 / Will leave this issue on until the next ward forum on the 7th November and then remove if the work has been carried out. / LBC
Highways & Engineering / Stuart Jackson
WIGMORE WARD FORUM ACTIONS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome6. / 5/7/12 / Buckingham Drive & alleyways in Chalfont Way
Weeding of the pathways very poor. / LBC
Parks Division
LBC
Street Services / Steve Battlebury
Alex Green / Weeds on the footpaths are the responsibility of Street cleansing.
( S Battlebury 13/7/12)
Cleansing are 3 months behind schedule due to the very heavy rain fall over the last few months. Action plan in place to manually dig out
18/3/14 / Ongoing issue. Still a problem. / LBC
Parks Division
LBC
Street Services / Steve Battlebury
Alex Green / Full programme of weed spraying/maintenance is in place.
The division are spraying with diuron pesticide, and will continue for the next few months whilst the weather is agreeable.
Alex Greene
Cleansing Manager
20/05/14
WIGMORE WARD FORUM ACTIONS
Ref / Date of Forum / Issue / Solution / Who should be involved? / Referred to / Outcome18. / 18/3/14 / Path that runs along the top of Someries Hill and behind the allotments
Lots of rubbish and overgrown grass on it. / LBC
Parks Division / Barry Timms
Steve Battlebury
20. / 18/3/14 / Entrance in to and out of Buckingham Drive on to Crawley Green Road
This junction is dangerous due to vehicles parking on the bend. Residents would like double yellow lines on the bends for the safety of pedestrians and the vision of car drivers. / LBC
Engineering & Highways / Alan Williams
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