Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:33 pm
Road adoption costs horrendous money, I know - I'm dealing with one estate road right now. I would think this is right out of the question.
I work with local communities who want to get their road adopted by their highway authorities all the time.
Its not a quick process, but a consultants fees are a tiny fraction of doing groundworks or surfacing - same a filling a couple of pot holes.
Its not so much a question of "if they want to adopt the road", but you exercising your right to have have it adopted.
Dave_L - Yes, new adoption can take years and you often have to pay commuted sums, etc. But I understood this was an existing shared road so its not the same at all.
The question remains - what is potentially the most cost effective solution to the problem? Is it really paying for groundwork?