The roadside verge where I live is not cut 10 times a year as specified. Why is that?
There are a small number of roadside verges around the city that are only cut between two and six times a year. These are usually very busy roads, such as the A52 from the Pentagon Island towards Nottingham as far as the city boundary at Raynesway. Here, the grass is cut purely for safety reasons and, as cutting it involves setting up road works and disrupting traffic, we do it as little as possible. Other exceptions may be in semirural areas, usually on the outskirts of the city, where there is no pavement and the verge runs alongside a hedgerow. These areas may also be cut as little as twice a year, which is enough to maintain visibility for traffic emerging from junctions. Examples of this include Acorn Way, Markeaton Lane and parts of Morley Road.
