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loading cut logs on the main road

  • 03-02-2012 12:38pm
    #1
    geordief
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 475 ✭✭


    Do I need to contact the Council before I allow someone to take a tree off my land and onto the main road?
    The intention is to park a tractor on the road and to throw the cut logs into it over the wall.
    So do you need to get permission to do this or is it all right provided you follow the correct proceedures ?
    If we did this then I can see that half the road would be blocked and it is also on a bend so to my mind I would be wary of doing this myself.


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  • #2
    Corruptable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭Corruptable


    Realisticly it shouldn't result in any problems. I've often came across this type of situation, and it's generally not a problem as long as there vehicles involved are well-lit (flashers on, amber rotating beacons) and there is warning such as cones ahead.

    From a legal perspective, I would think there are significant risks of liability at civil and criminal law (eg: obstruction). So with that in mind I would notify the Council or local Gardai to ensure that the situation is known or to get "lawful authority".


  • #3
    geordief
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 475 ✭✭geordief


    thanks that sounds sensible.I'll ask the Gards first -they should know the road.


  • #4
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    You realise it can be an offense to fell a tree? Even on your own land.


  • #5
    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    MagicSean wrote: »
    You realise it can be an offense to fell a tree? Even on your own land.

    The relevant section is I believe http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1946/en/act/pub/0013/sec0037.html#sec37


  • #6
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    ResearchWill wrote: »
    The relevant section is I believe http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1946/en/act/pub/0013/sec0037.html#sec37

    I think the department of agriculture may have regulations as well, or maybe it's Teagasc.


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  • #7
    JCJCJC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭JCJCJC


    Yes, you may need a felling license. As for the parking, you have now identified that there is a risk involved and acknowledged it here in public! Go and see the roads area engineer in your local Council area office. Expect to be told to have a flagman on duty, and to have all the cutting completed before the loading to minimise the disruption to traffic. Your work may be confined to off-peak daylight hours. You could also ask the council to lend you some cones and appropriate signs. It may help smooth things if you ask a county councillor to assist you in making the appointment and/or going along for the discussion with you. Seeing as this is a legal forum, the legal position is that you must avoid being negligent, and you'll do that by taking proper care of the passing public. From bitter and painful experience, I would say have a small camera in your pocket too in case things go wrong, to record the scenes. There are plenty of nutters on the road who won't obey any kind of sign or warning, but they know how to make a claim.


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