On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:26:35 +0100, chris French wrote:

There is manhole cover over the drain in the pavement - this is just a
pressed steel jobbie, not a cast one as would be used by a utility, it
has rusted through in one of the dips in one of the handle areas so I
figure that I need to replace it before someone puts a foot through it
one day.

I'd be tempted to play the "innocent concerned householder" and
report the rusty/dangerous cover to the council street works
department. They might just come along and replace it FOC. B-) I'd
probably send the notification as a letter and keep a copy.

I'd say that you, as a householder, are not allowed to do works on
the public highway but who has responsibility for the cover seems to
be a bit grey. It's in the highway so it could be the councils but it
is on your drain...

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Cheers
Dave.