Reply from Fife council on my FOI come 'Enviromental' request which is pretty surprising.
Firstly the road is not adopted, but is maintained by the Council. I don't know if that makes my case more difficult to pursue (I haven't claimed yet as was waiting for info).
What I found astounding though is the following:
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· Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the two years preceding todays date (6th Oct 2015).
No safety inspections are done on this stretch of road, if there is a problem normally the groundsman would report it to the area officer for this area
· Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections in the two years preceding todays date (6th Oct 2015)
Pot holes on this road have been filled in the past 2 years
· Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the number of persons in the vehicle.
No safety inspections are undertaken
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I have now asked this in followup...
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Can I just clarify that this stretch of road which is one of the main cycle routes in Fife (Route 76), and is also used by 1000's of pedestrians every year to access one of Scotland's busies beaches, and one of Fife's most prestigous tourist areas is not formally inspected for potentially dangerous defects?
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