Muddy Grass Verges

Baldytyke88

Will councils repair muddy grass verges?

I guess there are many muddy grass verges around, I try and look after my local areas verges by adding gravel etc. I have seen others do this, even paving the verge.

But what if the verges are muddy and look awfull because they are close to schools or shops?

AI mentions - "Safety First: Repairs are prioritised if the damaged verge causes a hazard."

I suppose a muddy verge could be considered a safety issue for pedestrians. But what would the council do?

oldernonethewiser

What did the council reply when you asked?

Baldytyke88

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865444#Comment_81865444

I haven't asked them yet, pointless if they don't have a responsibility to look after the verges. I don't live there, so it's not up to me to tell drivers not to park there.

The verges where I live aren't too bad, it's a verge close to shops/school that I am asking about.

user1977

They might, they might not. It's hardly a priority.

Who is Al and why did you ask him about it?

sheramber

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6653252/muddy-grass-verges

Pedestrians should not be walking on the grass verges, muddy or not.

Not should people be parking on them.

No point re grassing them for them just to be walked on/ parked on again.

Sort out the parking on the verge and provide pedestrian access.

Where my parents lived people used to cut across the grass verge. The council paved the track that had been made by the walking.

Baldytyke88

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865587#Comment_81865587

If pedestrians didnt walk on the grass verge, how would they get to the other side of the road?

Or even people parking on the road, then they may need to get out of the car, onto the muddy grass verge.

In the summer, it would just be dried mud, but in winter it would be slippery slop.

daveyjp

The days of drivers respecting verges and not parking on them and councils manicuring every piece of green space they own are long, long gone.

Baldytyke88

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865670#Comment_81865670

I don't think new estates have grass verges to the same extent; they try and plan them better. A shop just over the road from me had a grass verge, but it was part tarmaced a few years ago. I think that may be the answer, although it would be a shame to lose a grass verge.

They struggle to fill potholes, so it might take a few years to get it tarmaced.

Mildly_Miffed

Verges vary between landowner responsibility and highway-but-below-potholes-in-the-underfunded-priorities.

Even if they are part of the highway, not somebody's own land, they may be any of the multiple tiers of local authority - metropolitan, unified authority, county, district, city, town, parish. And, of course, if they're on a truck road, they're National Highways or the devolved equivalent.

Chucking gravel in is counter-productive, and almost as pointless as expecting a sensible answer from LLMGenAI. If you really want to help, then flatten the earth, sow grass seed, and place something solid to stop yet more idiots driving on the verge. Large rocks are good. NOTHING is idiot-proof.

Grumpy_chap

The OP can report the issue to their local Council using the online reporting feature accessible from the Council website to describe the issue, location and consequences (safety matters?). The Council will then prioritise along with all the other things they have to spend money on and the verge may get reinstated or bollards may be erected or nothing happens but at least the OP did as much as they can.

sheramber

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865654#Comment_81865654

use the pavement