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Paint rock on grass verge
Reported via desktop in the Verges - Damaged by Vehicles category anonymously at 09:07, Tue 12 January 2021
Sent to Northamptonshire Highways less than a minute later. ref: 2473257.
I am reporting this on behalf of one of our plant hire delivery drivers who was unable to undertake a delivery to Coulthard Close in Towcester early last week. The driver has advised me that he experienced issues with navigating his vehicle around an obstacle on Irvine Drive. The delivery was on one of our larger fleet vehicles due to the nature of the equipment due to be delivered. This vehicle has a long wheelbase and body that is wider than average. It is not uncommon for our drivers to experience minor issues in our larger vehicles however, on this occasion the driver has stated that the location of the object, described as a painted rock on a grass verge, in conjunction with the bend in the road and other parked vehicles, meant that he was not able to drive past it without causing damage to his vehicle. The driver says he ended up reversing up onto a wide shared drive before turning away, and although there was another road leading to the delivery address, I understand that this was impractical for the driver. I am placing this report here following advice from Northamptonshire Police, who I initially reported this matter to out of concern for other vehicles, potentially emergency.
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State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Northamptonshire Highways at 09:07, Tue 12 January 2021
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This is a duplicate of an ongoing report.
State changed to: Closed
Posted by Northamptonshire Highways at 11:18, Thu 14 January 2021
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.