Why can’t the Parish Steward do major repairs?
The work carried out by the Parish Stewards is largely determined by themselves, with input from the local highways team. They find and fix defects during their programmed visits to particular areas. Town and Parish Councils have an important role to play in feeding work into the steward’s programme as they act as a focal point for reports of highway defects from their parishioners and they also have a vast amount of useful local knowledge. The Parish Stewards only carry small plant and hand tools so are unable to carry out major works. However, if they identify work which is beyond their capability they can to arrange for repairs to be carried out by a specialist team, or they can pass it to an experienced highway officer for further investigation and works programming as necessary.
