Grounds Maintenance

Highways - Grass Cutting

The Operations Team are responsible for cutting all of the grass verges within the Borough for the Highways Department.

Urban Roads

Highway grass cutting is carried out using ride on grass cutting equipment fitted with flail cutters. 

The machines currently being used are designed to mulch as much of the cuttings as possible so reducing the amount of cuttings left behind. 

Every attempt is made to deposit cuttings back onto the verges. 

The highway authority does not remove grass cutting deposited on the highway or pavements. 

The Highway grass verges are cut from mid March to mid November on a continuous 2 week cycle. 

Obstacles are annually treated with glyphosate herbicide.

 

Rural Roads

On rural roads a one-metre width is cut twice a year. 

Footpaths are cut one metre wide each side of the pathway twice a year. 

Additional width cutting is carried out when signs are on the grass verges so that visibility is maintained. 

All sight lines are cut where practicable 100 metres either side of the junction.

Shrub beds

All shrub beds are pruned once per year in winter.  Additional pruning also takes place in summer to remove overhanging vegetation from roads and paths. 

All shrub beds are pruned in such a manner as to leave the footway and highway unobstructed.

 

Hedges

Hedges are cut twice per year where they are part of the maintainable highway. 

The hedges are generally cut using a flail type cutter and are cut on each face as appropriate or the face that is part of the maintainable highway. The tops are either flat or snow topped as required. 

Hedge bases are cut back at the same time and cleared.

 

If you would like any further information or would like to find out any details please contact Customer Services on Tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail: customerservices@fareham.gov.uk

 

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