Grass Verge Damage Maintenance Responsibility Highway Verge HCC as - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Grass Verge Damage

Maintenance Responsibility

Highway Verge HCC as Highways Authority Amenity Verge Hertsmere Borough Council Private Verge Owners

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Highway Verges

HCC Response

Damage Reported - www.Hertsdirect.org

Response - determined by reported information Inspection - ‘Assess & Decide’ Reaction

• determined by risk

Follow up

• Enforcement, Licence, Work Consideration

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Legal Position

Highways Act 1980 Section 131 offence to deposit anything on the highway so as to damage the highway Section 137 offence to wilfully obstruct the highway Section 148 offence to deposit anything on the highway so as to interrupt users of the highway Section 171 regulates depositing of building material on the highway

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Reasons For Damage

Insufficient off-street parking

Demand out-stripping supply Loss of garage blocks Availability of space in front gardens Human nature Cost of crossovers Larger Vehicles Road lay out and design

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Preventative Measures Tool Box

• Change of Mindset from Motorists
• Appropriate Design
• Prohibition – Traffic Regulation

Order

• Verge & Footway Strengthening
• Sustainable Protection Measures

Funding?