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Wisbech St Mary Parish Council

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Newsletter - September 2009

Large Stones placed on Highway Verges

1) Large stones should not be placed on the highway because they constitute an obstruction to the highway. Divisional and Agency staff will take action as follows when stones are placed on the highway and become a problem, or in response to a complaint from a Parish / Town Council or from other elected representatives.

2) Large stones may be considered to be anything equal to or larger in size
than a standard house brick.

3) Large stones deposited on the carriageway or footway (S.148 and S.149
Highway Act 1980) should be regarded as a danger and removed within
24 hours.

4) When large stones are deposited on the highway verge, they should be
inspected and suitable records and photographic evidence should be
taken. The owner should be contacted as soon as possible, informed of
the problem and be requested to remove the stones from the highway
verge.

5) Where the problem is deemed by the supervisor to be a danger the
stones should be removed without further notice and stored for not less
than four weeks. A charge of £20 per stone should be levied upon
collection.

6) Where the problem is deemed by the supervisor to be a nuisance rather
than a danger, the site shall be re-inspected 28 days after the initial
notice date to ensure compliance with the request for removal.

7) In extreme cases where stones are repeatedly replaced and the owners
continue to be unwilling to move the obstacles, then an application to the
local magistrates court will be considered.

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