Submitted on Wednesday 20th February 2013
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
pavement maintenance costs
Put the maintenance of pavements and grass verges under the highways budget.
Far too many pavements and verges are being degraded by ignorant motorists who seem to think they can park anywhere.
Anyone with mobility issues gets blocked by work vans parking half way across the pavement. If they damage the pavement it can take years (decades even) before the repairs are done because local councils don't see pavements as a priority when compared to keeping motorists happy.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The duty to maintain the highway set out in the Highways Act 1980 covers footways (pavements) as well as carriageways. How local authorities allocate their highways maintenance budgets is a matter for each authority. You may wish to resubmit your e-petition calling on central Government to direct local authorities to take certain action (a power which central Government doesn't currently have).
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