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To the side of the bridge over the River Witham at the entrance to Claypole village

Reported via desktop in the Damaged/missing pedestrian guardrail category anonymously at 16:33, Mon 22 July 2024

Sent to Lincolnshire County Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 2813176.

Earlier in the year/end of 2023, safety bars/barriers were erected on the bank of the river to the side of the road bridge to discounrage young people from jumping off the bridge and into the river. The hot weather over the weekend of 20-21 July has attracted large groups back to the river and they have been sitting on the barriers in large numbers, using them to pull themselves out of the river and the metal barriers are now hanging loose.

It is an ongoing issue in this location that teenagers gather to play in the river but they spill out onto the road at a sharp bend. Local drivers know to take care on hot days as there will be a crowd, but unfamiliar drivers are at risk of crashing into teenagers who are all over the road (as there's no footpath) when they are leaping off the bridge into the river.

Updates

  • Thanks for letting us know about your issue with a pedestrian guardrail. We will look into this and let you know what we find within the next 14 days. You can find out more about pavement maintenance on our website

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 16:33, Mon 22 July 2024

  • State changed to: Investigating

    Updated by Lincolnshire County Council at 05:40, Tue 23 July 2024

  • Thanks for letting us know about your issue with a pedestrian guardrail. We will look into this and let you know what we find within the next 14 days. You can find out more about pavement maintenance on our website

    State changed to: Open

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 10:09, Tue 23 July 2024

  • State changed to: Investigating

    Updated by Lincolnshire County Council at 10:37, Tue 23 July 2024

  • Great news, we’ve had a look at the issue and we have now passed to our Highways Officers for the team to assess what can be done to resolve the matter. We’ll let you know when the assessment has taken place.

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 10:17, Thu 1 August 2024

  • Just to let you know this issue has turned out to be more complicated than we first thought. We need to take this on for more investigation. We will let you know the situation as soon as we can. Thanks for bearing with us.

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 15:39, Thu 15 August 2024

  • Progress! We’ve completed our investigation and works are now planned. Once we know when work is due to take place we will let you know.

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 16:00, Wednesday 2 July 2025

  • State changed to: No further action

    Updated by Lincolnshire County Council at 15:21, Wednesday

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