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Many blocked and overgrown road drains

Reported via mobile in the Gully category anonymously at 16:38, Mon 11 August 2025

Sent to Aberdeenshire Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 920485.

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There are many overgrown and or blocked road drains on this road, and many other Hillside area roads, which when it rails lead to water cascading down the road and not draining away, a risk when driving and cycling, as well as a flood risk at the bottom of the hill

Updates

  • We’ve had a look at the issue and have now passed your enquiry to our local Roads Team for assessment. They’ll determine what action is needed and we’ll update you once that assessment has taken place.

    Thanks again for taking the time to get in touch with us.

    In the meantime, you can find out more information on a range of topics on our website at www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/roads.

    Posted by Aberdeenshire Council at 16:38, Mon 11 August 2025

  • Category changed from ‘Water Flowing on to the Road’ to ‘Gully’

    Posted by Aberdeenshire Council at 10:21, Tue 12 August 2025

  • We’ve had a look at the issue and we have now passed your enquiry to our local Roads Team to assess what can be done to resolve the matter. We’ll let you know when that assessment has taken place.

    Thanks again for your report

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by Aberdeenshire Council at 10:21, Tue 12 August 2025

  • We have an update - we’ve completed our assessment of the defect logged with us and evaluated the risk it poses.

    This risk level determines our target response time which are then are used to prioritise and programme work.

    At this stage, other defects posing a higher risk are taking priority and we are not planning to carry out any repair work here at this time. The defect location has been recorded and will be assessed again during the next planned inspection for any further deterioration.

    State changed to: No further action

    Posted by Aberdeenshire Council at 06:57, Thu 14 August 2025

  • We’ve issued this work out to one of our crews - we’ll let you know when the job is complete.

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by Aberdeenshire Council at 12:20, Tue 19 August 2025

  • The issue you reported has now been resolved.

    Depending on the nature and scope of the initial enquiry, the necessary repairs will have been carried out either by our frontline maintenance crews or, in some cases, completed directly by one of our inspectors during their site visit.

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention and helping us maintain a safe and well-managed road network.

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by Aberdeenshire Council at 10:51, Thu 25 September 2025

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