FI16652
Request
For the period 1 July 2025 to 30 November 2025, please provide a single total for the period for each of the following:
1. The total recorded spend incurred by the Council for repainting roundabouts as reactive works in response to unauthorised markings/flags/graffiti/vandalism (e.g. “flag”, “St George’s Cross”, “England flag”, “Union Jack”, “Union flag”, “painted flag”, “vandalism”, “graffiti”, “illegal signage” etc) – i.e. not routine/planned maintenance.
2. The number of jobs/incidents in the same period where roundabouts were repainted for the reactive reason above.
If – and only if – you do not explicitly record flags/graffiti/vandalism on roundabouts:
3. Please provide items (1)–(2) for all reactive (non-routine) roundabout repainting in the period, and confirm that a more specific split is not held.
4. If held, please include the relevant job/incident codes (and brief code descriptions) that map to reactive roundabout repainting so I can standardise across councils.
Where a discrete “roundabout” category is not held, please identify cases recorded under road markings/white lining/traffic signs & lines where free-text notes or codes indicate both a roundabout (e.g. “roundabout”, “RB”, “circulatory”, “island”) and a reactive trigger such as those listed above (case-insensitive; close variants acceptable).
If the filter above is not feasible, please provide the best available totals for reactive roundabout repainting in the period and, if held, the relevant job/incident codes used for graffiti/vandalism/illegal signage so I can categorise.
Response
Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The highway authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.