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North East Essex and South Suffolk

Footpath Problems

Please report a footpath problem - Don’t wait for someone else to do it; please report it today. There is a procedure to follow on the Essex County Council (ECC) web site. - click here please. Once you get to the ECC web site, it displays a number of options for the type of report, e.g. vegetation, signing, footbridges, etc... After choosing an option, this may well lead to detailed options, e.g. for signing it includes finger posts, way mark posts, illegal signs, etc...  Retain and use the ECC reference number to follow up and check on the progress of any existing reported problem.

Before going any further, be ready to enter the following Information:

  • Ideally a Post Code - without spaces - as a means of drilling down to the relevent footpath on the map. Please note that the ECC mapping system does not recognise a Grid Reference.
  • Email address to mail back the enquiry reference number, which is used as follow up
  • A detailed description on the exact location of the problem, e.g. Footpath Number, Grid Reference, adjacent road name.
  • A summary of the problem and its effect, e.g. broken plank in footbridge, likely to cause a walker to stumble and fall, risks to life and limb, etc...
  • Although optional, ideally photographs of the problem can be attached

It is a huge help to ECC if walkers can correctly identify the path in question. The easiest way to do this is to look at the interactive map on the ECC website, by clicking on this hyperlink.

The interactive map, example shown below, allows us to view a variety of highway asset and information across Essex. You can switch layers on and off, as well as pan and zoom. Once the map appears you select ‘assets’ and then select ‘public rights of way’.  When you have seen the path in which you are interested, click on it.  A pop-up box will appear with a number e.g. 130_24.  Ignore the first part, 130, as this is just the parish code for East Donyland. The path number is 24 and is to be used in reporting any undergrowth, blockage, re-instatement, signage, stile or bridge problem.

Footpath Map

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 19, 2024