No Hedge Cutting in 2009

Sponge Bob

The road verges in Galway and Clare are feckin jungles this year . The councils have cut nothing .

This is bloody dangerous ,have other counties done anything ??

amtaxi

Same in Kildare -really dangerous in places trying to get unto main roads!

L1011

I've seen it in Kildare actually.... but nowhere near as much as normal.

Also seen verge cutting on nearly every motorway but thats obviously the NRA not the local councils.

Sponge Bob

The N67 is as bad as it was circa 1987 , not a verge cut anywhere and the surface is like a bombsite .

Both in Galway and Clare mind

Run_to_da_hills

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The road verges in Galway and Clare are feckin jungles this year . The councils have cut nothing .

This is bloody dangerous ,have other counties done anything ??

They have decided to make a cut back in funding instead.

Chris_533976

I thought they werent allowed to cut till later on due to nesting birds? Although most birds would have got their lazy arses out of the nests by now.

kingofcastle

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

They have decided to make a cut back in funding instead.

as your name suggests you better "run to da hills" before i get my hands on you, that pun deserves an ass whopping!

Sponge Bob

Birds do not nest 1-3 feet from busy roads and if they do then Mr Darwin told us exactly what will happen to them .

I am talking about 4 foot high grass and 5 foot high ferns in sightlines and drooping out over the road , bloody everywhere in the west !

Redsoxfan

The verge on the Moyglare Road outside Maynooth was very bad until recently, but it was cut. I have noticed a lot of places where work is needed-I suspect that the heavy rain + sun we have been experiencing is leading to faster growth and when coupled with possible cutbacks, I can see what things may be worse this year.

_Kaiser_

Parts of Meath and Cavan are getting very bad lately too. Surely the safety risk caused by overgrown verges on 100km roads should outweigh the cost?

Maybe the NRA should take THAT one up rather than the tired (and inaccurate!) "speed kills" mantra! :rolleyes:

Kristopherus

Can you sue the Council if you have an accident due to being obstructed by uncut & overhanging vegetation?

Run_to_da_hills

Kristopherus wrote: »

Can you sue the Council if you have an accident due to being obstructed by uncut & overhanging vegetation?

Not unless a tree jumped out in front of you.

Personally I think this is a victory for nature that the councils are holding back on hedge cutting maintenance as it gives wild life a chance to survive, Every year thousands of songbirds are butchered, their nests mutilated and eggs smashed by brutal hedge trashing machines.

NedNew

I've seen metre high thistles in County Carlow. Maybe they're mutating into trees!

brettmirl

Has anyone rang Joe Duffy yet?

KevR

I notice that the grass on the Eastbound carriageway of the N6 Oranmore DC has been cut for a few hundred metres and then it's wild the rest of the way. Has been like that for a few weeks. That must have been the moment that they ran out of money for cutting in Galway.

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Maybe the NRA should take THAT one up rather than the tired (and inaccurate!) "speed kills" mantra! :rolleyes:

I think I'll email the RSA and suggest that for the next bank holiday they should spend some money on cutting hedges which are dangerously obstructing views rather than spending it on another speeding or drink driving campaign. I think the money would be better spent that way.

Awaits the usual someone taking me up wrong, jumping down my throat and wrongly thinking that I am in favour of speeding and drink driving. Note: I am not in favour of speeding or drink driving, I am merely suggesting that for a change the RSA might spend the money they otherwise would on a speed or drink driving campaign on cutting some hedges which are arguably more or a risk to driver safety at the moment.

Peter

They've been cutting the verges on the N17 between Tuam and Milltown all this week. I suspect most councils will still cut along the national roads but all the R and minor roads can forget it.

Poster King

I entered the Mullingar by-pass via an on-ramp from Mullingar and it was like driving down a country road, tall grass on both sides, tress encroaching on both sides and almost making a complete tunnel over head.
While driving over the weekend in various parts of the midlands I did notice that mowing and trimming seems to be getting underway in many areas. I wonder do they think they can get away with just one cut this year?

Cuddlesworth

KevR wrote: »

I think I'll email the RSA and suggest that for the next bank holiday they should spend some money on cutting hedges which are dangerously obstructing views rather than spending it on another speeding or drink driving campaign. I think the money would be better spent that way.

Awaits the usual someone taking me up wrong, jumping down my throat and wrongly thinking that I am in favour of speeding and drink driving. Note: I am not in favour of speeding or drink driving, I am merely suggesting that for a change the RSA might spend the money they otherwise would on a speed or drink driving campaign on cutting some hedges which are arguably more or a risk to driver safety at the moment.

Or they can do a great advert where a young male driver who is drunk and speeding becomes distracted by a overgrown fern that looks kinda like a naked woman, swerves for no reason, flips the car in a gross misappropriation of the world of physics and hits a hedge killing a nest of birds eggs.

Then the dramatic court scene with the two now chick less birds looking distraught and comforting each other as he cries on the stand under the overburdening stare of the whole courtroom. I was thinking SURFIN' BIRD by THE TRASHMEN for the music, but slowed down and brought down a few keys with acoustic guitar for the end.

That should satisfy everybody and villify all ends of the market. Drink, speed, young males and birds.

Victor

Kristopherus wrote: »

Can you sue the Council if you have an accident due to being obstructed by uncut & overhanging vegetation?

Um, slow down. One of the basic rules is that you need to be able to stop in the distance that you can see to be free.

lostexpectation

how are the council poisoned hedges in meath?

AlekSmart

One major Road Traffic Accident in each Local Authority area in which restricted visibility due to overgrown verges is a causative factor and whatever notional savings accrue from this "cost cutting measure" will become a huge expenditure in real terms.

But that`s not how Irish Public Administration works...... :P

I thought it is the landowners responsibility to maintain the hedges along roads?

Is it different for National Primary Routes??

NFD100

This is real lazy arse local authorities for you!

First whiff of a recession and CUTBACKS and they now decide they don't need to do anything!

In Wicklow, it's like the tropical rainforests of Java!!! Every foreigner I meet is amazed. It's a lazy Irish disgrace

The RSA must step in. Human lives are more important!!!!!!!!!

KevR

NFD100 wrote: »

The RSA must step in. Human lives are more important!!!!!!!!!

I hope I'm wrong but I have a feeling that they will fob me off when I email them and say it's not their problem, contact the local authorities or the NRA.

Hagar

Who owns the bushes? Do they bear any responsibility for keeping them under control ie not cause a public nuisance?

KenHy

As far as I'm aware its the land owners responsibility to keep hedges back. Not the local council.