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Overgrown Verges

Reported via desktop in the Grass category anonymously at 16:19, Fri 2 May 2025

Sent to Oxfordshire County Council less than a minute later

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The verges have not been cut this year and were not done last year either. They are now overgrown to the point where vehicles cannot get past a cyclist or pedestrian as nowhere for the latter to stand aside. The council routinely ignores this road which is in a shocking state and that needs to change. Please do the local community the good turn of at least having the verges cut back.

Council ref: ENQ251046665

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  • Thank you for your enquiry. This issue has been passed onto the relevant team for investigation.

    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 16:19, Fri 2 May 2025

  • I have paid a local farmer to deal with this.

    Posted anonymously at 16:50, Thu 29 May 2025

  • Thank you for your enquiry. Oxfordshire County Council, as the Highway Authority, is ultimately responsible for the maintenance of grass verges alongside the carriageway network throughout Oxfordshire (excluding motorways and trunk roads). Under our new approach, all roadside verges in both rural and urban areas are cut once a year. If necessary, we will trim areas that impede driver visibility more regularly. For more details, you can refer to our Highway Verge and Vegetation Management policy at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ sites/ default/ files/ file/ roads-and-transport-major-projects/ grasscuttingpolicy.pdf

    State changed to: Investigation complete

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 15:28, Fri 31 October 2025

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