Reporting Falls – Jubilee Steps or Slippery Path
If residents or visitors fall on the Jubilee Steps (next to the Church) or path from Lower Street to Dittisham Mill Creek, please try to ensure that the incident is reported to Devon County Council.
I think the best link on DCC’s reporting web page is ‘trip hazard’ https://www.devon.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/maintaining-roads/managing-the-network/trip-hazards/
There are links on the Parish website to take you to that page. There is a ‘Report It’ button on the home page – right hand side, below the main photo. That takes you to another ‘Report It’ button at the bottom of the page, and that takes you to the Devon County Council Highways reporting webpage. I’m suggesting ‘trip hazard’ is the closest fit.
It’s important to the Parish that DCC collects data about problems, if there are any.
Lack of evidence is a key reason behind DCC’s refusal to itself install or maintain railings on the Steps.
DCC is responsible for the maintenance of the Steps. SHDC is responsible for cleaning the Steps. Your Parish Lengthsman is also asked by DPC to clean the Steps.
Other problems on the Highway – potholes! – are also reported on DCC’s Highways reporting webpage.
Experiment cleaning path from Lower Street to Dittisham Mill Creek
We used grant funding from the County Council to have the path cleaned last Monday 4 December. The team did a great job and the surface was clear and not slippery.
This is an experiment. We don’t know how long the effect will last.
Please send us your feedback and photos.