Hedgecutting & Draining Public Notice
Released: 27 September 2013
KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL
NOTICE TO OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS
ROADS ACT 1993
ROADSIDE TREES, DITCHES & HEDGES
Kerry County Council wishes to give notice that under the terms of the Roads Act, 1993, landowners and occupiers of land are obliged to take all reasonable care to ensure that the trees, ditches, hedges and other vegetation growing on their land are not or could not become a danger to people using or working on a public road.
Examples of hazards might be dead or dying trees, ditches or hedges interfering with traffic, blocking footpaths, obscuring road signs or obscuring a view of the road ahead.
You are required to fell, cut, log, trim or remove such trees, ditches and hedges. Adequate signposting should be provided and the Council and Gardaí notified before works commence.
Hedgecutting operations, as far as possible, should only be undertaken outside the critical nesting period of 1st March to 31st August.
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE OR INJURY RESULTING FROM SUCH HAZARDS WILL REST WITH THE LANDOWNWER/OCCUPIER
DUTY TO FACILITATE DRAINAGE OF WATER FROM PUBLIC ROADS
Landowners/occupiers are also reminded of their duty under the Roads Act, 1993 to facilitate the drainage of water from public roads and also to prevent water, soil or other matter from flowing or falling onto public roads especially at entrances to fields and farmyards.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE OBLIGATIONS IS AN OFFENCE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION
UNAUTHORISED ADVERTISING ON PUBLIC ROADS
Please take notice that it is an offence under Section 71 of the Roads Act, 1993 to erect, place or retain on a public road, a sign, vehicle including a vehicle with ‘For Sale’ signs, or other structure or thing used for the purposes of advertising, the sale of goods, the provision of services or other similar purpose without lawful authority or the consent of the Roads Authority.
THIS INCLUDES PLACING VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS ON PUBLIC ROADS, FOOTPATHS OR HARD SHOULDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING EVENTS
Kerry County Council may without notice arrange for the removal and storage of any such unauthorised signs, vehicles or other structures or things and may recoup the removal and storage costs from the person claiming the unauthorised item. In certain circumstances, following a period of storage, the Council may arrange for the disposal of the unauthorised item.
The person who erects, places or retains the sign or advertisement and the person on whose behalf the sign or advertisement is exhibited shall be guilty of an offence and is liable to prosecution.
Further information outlining the obligations placed on landowners and occupiers under the Roads Act, 1993 is available at the address below:-
KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL
NOTICE TO OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS
ROADS ACT 1993
ROADSIDE TREES, DITCHES & HEDGES
Kerry County Council wishes to give notice that under the terms of the Roads Act, 1993, landowners and occupiers of land are obliged to take all reasonable care to ensure that the trees, ditches, hedges and other vegetation growing on their land are not or could not become a danger to people using or working on a public road.
Examples of hazards might be dead or dying trees, ditches or hedges interfering with traffic, blocking footpaths, obscuring road signs or obscuring a view of the road ahead.
You are required to fell, cut, log, trim or remove such trees, ditches and hedges. Adequate signposting should be provided and the Council and Gardaí notified before works commence.
Hedgecutting operations, as far as possible, should only be undertaken outside the critical nesting period of 1st March to 31st August.
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE OR INJURY RESULTING FROM SUCH HAZARDS WILL REST WITH THE LANDOWNWER/OCCUPIER
DUTY TO FACILITATE DRAINAGE OF WATER
FROM PUBLIC ROADS
Landowners/occupiers are also reminded of their duty under the Roads Act, 1993 to facilitate the drainage of water from public roads and also to prevent water, soil or other matter from flowing or falling onto public roads especially at entrances to fields and farmyards.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE OBLIGATIONS IS AN OFFENCE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION
UNAUTHORISED ADVERTISING ON PUBLIC
ROADS
Please take notice that it is an offence under Section 71 of the Roads Act, 1993 to erect, place or retain on a public road, a sign, vehicle including a vehicle with ‘For Sale’ signs, or other structure or thing used for the purposes of advertising, the sale of goods, the provision of services or other similar purpose without lawful authority or the consent of the Roads Authority.
THIS INCLUDES PLACING VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS ON PUBLIC ROADS, FOOTPATHS OR HARD SHOULDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING EVENTS
Kerry County Council may without notice arrange for the removal and storage of any such unauthorised signs, vehicles or other structures or things and may recoup the removal and storage costs from the person claiming the unauthorised item. In certain circumstances, following a period of storage, the Council may arrange for the disposal of the unauthorised item.
The person who erects, places or retains the sign or advertisement and the person on whose behalf the sign or advertisement is exhibited shall be guilty of an offence and is liable to prosecution.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information outlining the obligations placed on landowners and occupiers under the Roads Act, 1993 is available at the address below:-
