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Northfield Road between Grantham Rd & Spire View

Reported via mobile in the Tree/hedge restricting available highway category by Chris Hall at 19:52, Friday 24 July 2026

Sent to Lincolnshire County Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 2899545.

The hedge is now encroaching on to the road and with the sunken sections of road causing vehicles to drive in the centre, navigating this area is becoming hazardous. The significant increase in traffic due to the housing development on London Road is adding to the hazard, and the road closures on Grantham Road only exasperates the issue further.

HGVs using this road are forcing vehicles into the sunken sections which then in turn cause those vehicles to scrape the hedge, causing damage to paintwork. If the HGV misjudges the approaching car (or in some cases, another HGV) then they end up mounting the pavement.

I’m raising this issue/concern now as I believe after witnessing numerous near misses and minor accidents, it’s only a matter of time before there is a serious accident on this section of road/junction.

Updates

  • Thanks for letting us know about your issue with a tree/hedge on the highway. We will look into this and let you know what we find within the next 14 days. You can find out more about trees and hedges on our website

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 19:52, Friday 24 July 2026

  • 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.

    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 08:33, Tuesday 28 July 2026

  • 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 15:54, Thursday 30 July 2026

  • We have an update. Our highways team have issued this work out to one of their delivery gangs. We’ll let you know when the job is complete.

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 15:31, Thursday 6 August 2026

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