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Roads - pavements - obstructions
Summary of Service
To ensure pavements are kept clear of obstructions.
Details of Service
Items placed on the highway such as advertising signs, materials, and trading booths can be a hazard for users of the highway, especially the partially sighted and the disabled.
We take appropriate measures to have unauthorised obstructions removed from the highway as necessary in order to keep the highways safe and available for use by the public.
We as Highway Authority have a responsibility to keep public highways open and remove obstructions and encroachments which may affect the use and safety of the highway.
Whenever an encroachment is suspected on the public highway, we carry out a status check to determine the exact limits of the highway, and to establish whether an encroachment has occurred.
Any encroachment such as fencing-off or building on the public highway prevents the legitimate use of the highway, and whenever an encroachment takes place on the public highway measures are taken to remove the encroachment, or if deemed appropriate and the land is considered surplus to highway requirements to extinguish highway rights.
Contact Details
By Post
Customer Care Unit
Wiltshire County Council
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JN
By Email
clarence@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
01225 713000
By Fax
01225 713145
| A to Z Names | Roads - pavements - obstructions, Roads - pavements - obstructions |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Obstructed pavements; Pavement(s); Blocked Pavements |
| PID No. | 536 |
| IPSV Category | Pavements |
| Level 1 Name | Roads - pavements - obstructions |
| IPSV ID | 1332 |
