FOI release

Maintenance of M180 Junction 2 - 1 WB

Case reference FOI2026/00049

Received 13 January 2026

Published 4 March 2026

Request

1. Copy of road maintenance policy for the M180 between jnc 2 & 1

2. A copy of road repair history for the past 12 months Including:

  • Details of safety inspections for this stretch of motorway for the past 60 days

  • Go these inspections were carried out (walked, driven and at what speed)

  • Details of carriageway defects identified with description, date and time

  • Details on how you handled these defects, what repairs were undertaken and the time taken between identifying a defect and repairing it

Response

1. Copy of road maintenance policy for the M180 between Jnc 2 & 1

Please see the attached PDF’s titled:

  • SED 03 01 Defect repair procedure

  • SED 03 05 Safety Defects

The safety inspections are completed weekly, with 2 inspectors. Once a defect is identified there are two National Highways processes for Defect Rectification.

The primary process is SED 03 01 - Defect Repair Procedure . If it is a safety defect it will first go through this process SED 03 05 - Safety defects which details the 24hr make safe process. The processes enable the Service Delivery Managers to vary the permanent repair time from that initially categorised by an Inspector to allow for issues such as.

  • Budget availability

  • Planned future works (such as schemes)

  • Customer Sensitive Locations

  • General condition of area

  • Priority of defect

  • Likelihood of defect deterioration

  • Long term issues if maintenance not complete

The repair tie is not always 28 days

GS-801 is our inspection frequency policy.

2. A copy of road repair history for the past 12 months Including:

  • Details of safety inspections for this stretch of motorway for the past 60 days

Please see the attached PDFs titled:

  • M180 Defects Jct 1 to 2

  • M180 Inspections Jct 2 to 1

Personal information has been withheld under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act.

  • Go these inspections were carried out (walked, driven and at what speed)

They were driven inspections, carried out at traffic speed.

  • Details of carriageway defects identified with description, date and time

Please see the PDFs titled:

  • M180 Defects Jct 1 to 2

  • M180 Inspections Jct 2 to 1

  • Details on how you handled these defects, what repairs were undertaken and the time taken between identifying a defect and repairing it

    Please see the PDFs titled:

  • M180 Defects Jct 1 to 2

  • M180 Inspections Jct 2 to 1

    Please also see our response to question 1.

Documents

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