Parish Steward Visits - Bulford

The Parish Steward is scheduled to visit Bulford on a monthly basis.

If you see any of the following work needing attention, please email the parish clerk (clerk@bulfordparishcouncil.co.uk).

Parish Steward Scheme Tasks – 2025

• hand clearing and cutting of growth from drainage grips and drain gully covers.

• hand clearing of blocked gullies

• rodding of drainage systems

• clearing of small culverts, pipes, and pits

• clearing storm debris

• trimming encroaching hedges and vegetation from around road signs and railings

• cleaning and straightening small road signs

• hand cutting small visibility areas

• reactive emergency repairs including pothole repairs (In accordance with Wiltshire Councils Highways Inspection Manual 2018)

• find, fix & record potholes (cold repairs only)

• responding to road closure requests from the emergency services

• removal of ragwort (hand pulling or strimming of defined areas)

• treatment/removal of weeds

• graffiti and fly posting removal

• clearance of debris and materials from scenes of road traffic collisions including clinical waste

• siding out of footways and carriageways

• clearance of storm damaged trees from the Highway including the use of a chainsaw

The following works cannot be undertaken by the Parish Steward without support as they require a two-person operation. These works can be undertaken on an ADHOC day, which is typically a Friday, but this is flexible.

• minor carriageway repairs including vehicle overruns.

• works requiring traffic management (including Stop and Go or manual controlling of temporary traffic signals in accordance with Chapter 8)

Examples of types of emergency reactive local highway work which is to be undertaken by the Highway Stewards includes (but is not exclusive to). These issues can take the steward from their programme:

• resolving flooding issues – clearing drainage grips and drain gully covers, clearing of small culverts, pipes, and pits etc.

• placing emergency signage and traffic management

• fence and pedestrian barrier safe

• clearing structures and fixings and make safe  

• hand cutting vegetation in visibility areas  

• reactive pothole repair

• responding to road closure requests from the emergency services

• small masonry type works such as repairs to slabs and damaged kerbs

• clearance of debris and materials from scenes of road traffic collisions including clinical waste

• clearance of storm damaged trees from the Highway including the use of a chainsaw – requires additional operative  

Thank you for your assistance.