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Broken fence 20ft drop
Reported via mobile in the Roadside Fence category anonymously at 23:49, Mon 11 August 2025
Sent to Aberdeenshire Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 920527.
Road bridge beside Durnhythe Care Home has broken fence which has a 20ft drop to the railway line below. Very dangerous for pedestrians, especially children and elderly.
Updates
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Thank you for letting us know about this issue. We will now investigate and provide you with an update within the next 7 days.
You can find out more about our road maintenance on our website at www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/roads/maintenance.
Posted by Aberdeenshire Council at 23:49, Mon 11 August 2025
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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 08:24, Tue 12 August 2025
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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 06:56, Thu 14 August 2025
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.