Ownership of Tarmac verge in front of house

Strip · 12-01-2017 5:27pm #1

Hi I got home from work today to find the Tarmac verge in front of my boundary wall dug up in several spots,I think it's eircom looking for cables .
Can someone tell me who owns this bit of property because I am only after getting the Tarmac put down and now ,there are holes in it ,and looking at their work around the area it's not going to be repaired to a good standard .It is a rural area one car wide road that has a dead end & I was not informed about this.
When they come back tomorrow I would like to have some idea what I am talking about in regards to who owns it and who they need permission off to dig it up .
Thanks .

Paulw · 12-01-2017 5:39pm

The local council own it and the council give permission.

Peregrinus · 13-01-2017 1:37am

If it's a rural road almost certain you own it, up to the mid point of the road. However it's taken in charge as a public highway, which severely limits your rights in relation to it, and gives the local authority a high degree of control (but not ownership).

You think it's "Eircom looking for cables", but it matters whether it is or not, so you need to find out. If it's the local authority, or contractors on their behalf, discharing the local authorities functions as a highway authority, you probably haven't a leg to stand on. But if it's a utilities provider - Eircom, the ESB, etc - or a contractor acting on their behalf, the extent of their rights over your land a complex interaction bewteen the legislation governing the service concerned (phones, electricity, whatever) and the law dealing with land taken in charge as a highway.

ED E · 13-01-2017 1:46am

Do you want FTTH(150, 300, 1000Mb Broadband) now or anytime soon? If so its worthwhile being cooperative so far as is reasonable with OpenEir and KNN working on their behalf. Objections put you back to the very bottom of the list.