I recently contacted the roads maintenance partnership in response to concerns raised with me by residents about the pavement on the south of The Esplanade. Some sections are blocked in places by sand and on other sections there is pooling of water. The carriageway also has a tendency to flood in places.
The city engineer has advised me that there are no current plans for any pavement improvement works here and that the existing footways are generally in good condition. A review of the capital footways programme is proposed for later in the year and the condition of The Esplanade footways will be considered at that time as part of this process.
The ponding on the carriageway may be caused by a blocked gully so he has arranged for all gullies in the area to be cleaned and jetted. Apparently some of the other ponding is caused by the geometry of the carriageway and would be extremely costly to improve. I am advised that other than the ponding the carriageway is in reasonable condition and would not justify major investment at this stage.
The removal of sand from the footways is the responsibility of the Environment Department and this concern has been forwarded to the head of environmental management for attention.
