How to unblock a 2ft culvert under an A road...

[robs1]

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Beat me top it, need a white child dont want to be non pc mind.

 

[steveR]

I let my councillor know and the crew are there within the week.

Had a similiar issues with a roadside culvert and my Councillor kicked some arse and Highways spent most of a day with a jetter wagon ealier in teh winter.

I pointed out that the culvert carried mostly road water

 

[milkloss]

We threaded some rope through with drain roads from one end of the culvert to the other, then attached a small disability scooter tyre to one end of the rope and pulled it through.

Bet the scooter wasn't much good after that!

 

[Paul E]

 

[Smith31]

Bet the scooter wasn't much good after that!

The tyre cost 50p off ebay

 

[AftonShepherd]

Beat me top it, need a white child dont want to be non pc mind.

I'm not sure that excluding BAME applications is particularly PC

 

[ford4000]

Shoot it with a 12 bore... I'd put up a video of it if I could

 

[Hesstondriver]

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Shoot it with a 12 bore... I'd put up a video of it if I could

i was thinking more of Calcium carbide

 

[Lincsman]

You sure, I doubt it!

Definitely, I have one serving 100 acres, its a 3' brick circle and some of the bricks were starting to move to to gas pipe construction traffic, they come and inspected and told me it wasn't on their list of assets and would be added and monitored.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Interesting but when we bought some land last year it only showed our boundary to the hedge on the land registry maps, the verge and road were not ours

Land registry way out of touch unless the property has changed hands since they began
The maps they are using for our property are from the 1920's

 

[getting on]

whilst it may be true, i need it doing this year! That said it’s worth’s phone call I suppose. Thanks

Waited 2 years for council to clear my culvert. After field flooded i did it myself. Council gave me a reprimand. No other action.

 

[Lincsman]

Land registry way out of touch unless the property has changed hands since they began
The maps they are using for our property are from the 1920's

When you buy a field it shows what you can cultivate etc etc, what you own can be different, when laybys needed to be built next to my field it became apparent I owned the subsoil of the grass verge.. but not under the tarmac, so had to fill contracts in etc and got a payment.

 

[Andy26]

Road culverts belong to the council, ring them to clear it.

Certainly Bridges that carry a Highway are deemed part of the highway and maintanable at public expense the exception being Railway bridges.
If it's an old adopted highway then it may be the culvert is not vested in the Highway.
If the road has been remade at any point or land compulsory purchased to make or enlarge the road then the culvert will of been constructed and thus will be maintained by highways dept.

 

[Still Farming]

Local Authorities highways jobs

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Council have accepted liability