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How much Birmingham Council spends on emergency repairs to roads: '04-'09

The investigation into How much Birmingham City Council spends each year on compensating drivers of cars damaged by potholes/speed bumps has unearthed more information. Sarah has now also received figures on "how much the council spends on emergency repairs to roads, as opposed to planned upgrades/maintenance."Her update gives the following figures by financial year – 2004/05 to 2008/09 2004/05 £9,349,000 2005/06 £9,474,000 2006/07 £8,482,000 2007/08 £9,404,000 2008/09 £12,461,000

How safe is Birmingham for cyclists? Data for 2006-2009

Dan Davies is investigating how safe Birmingham is for cyclists - and he already has some figures. The data, which comes from a Freedom of Information request by Dan, is available here, but as he says in the investigation: "this isn’t the full story." He has started an investigation, he explains, "to perform a more accurate analysis of the risk by finding out firstly how many drivers there are on the road compared to cyclists...

How much Birmingham City Council spends each year on compensating drivers of cars damaged by potholes/speed bumps

The investigation into 'How much does Birmingham City Council spend each year on compensating drivers of cars damaged by potholes/speed bumps?' has produced its first results. Sarah's Freedom of Information request has gathered the following breakdown by year: 2004/05 £16,886 2005/06 £9,677 2006/07 £31,369 2007/08 £17,414 2008/09 £23,219 However, the answer to the second part of her request - how much does it spend on emergency repairs to roads, as opposed to planned upgrades/maintenance - is...

Know anywhere that clamping takes place? Tell us!

Neil Houston has created a Google Form to allow people to add their own knowledge of clamping in Birmingham.The form is part of an investigation into clamping practices in the city, which has already collated some very useful information.If you know any places where clamping takes place, please add what you can.If you would like to create a Google Form for another investigation, there's a How-To here.