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Hedge cutting season opened on September 1
Mayo landowners are being reminded of their obligations to ensure that all hedges and overhanging trees are cut and maintained.
The hedge cutting season opened on Sunday, September 1 and Mayo Council Council is calling on all landowners and householders in rural and urban areas to ensure that roadside hedges are cut and maintained so that motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians can travel safely on the roads. The hedge cutting season remains open up to Friday, February 28, 2025.
This year Mayo County Council is planning to step up its awareness campaign to remind landowners of their hedge cutting responsibilities. Tom Gilligan, Director of Services with Mayo County Council thanked landowners for their continuous work within their communities in making our roads safer in Mayo.
“We have had numerous representations from road users concerning the overgrown state of hedgerows and also overhanging trees along some of our rural roads and the serious road safety issues that can result,” he said.
“While we would like to compliment the many landowners who maintain their roadside hedges, there is also a significant number of landowners / occupiers and householders who fail to cut and maintain their roadside hedges which can result in road safety issues on those roads.
“We are calling on them to be more proactive over the next few months to ensure that their roadside hedges and overhanging trees are maintained properly as they are obliged to do under the law.”
Section 70 of the Roads Act 1993 places responsibility for the maintenance of roadside hedges on the owners/occupiers of the adjoining lands.
The season when hedge cutting is permitted under the Wildlife Act is between the start of September and the end of February the following year.
Mayo County Council also carries out a verge cutting program on its road network. If you have any further queries in relation to hedge cutting in a particular area, you are advised to contact the relevant Municipal District Office.
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