NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND ADJOINING PUBLIC ROADS

ROADS ACT 1993, Section 70 Roadside Trees, Ditches and Hedges

From 1 September 2025 until 28 February 2026

Tipperary County Council wishes to give notice that under the terms of the Roads Act, 1993, Landowners and occupiers of lands are obliged to take all reasonable care to ensure that trees, shrubs, ditches, hedges and other vegetation growing on their lands are not or could not become a danger to those using a public road or to somebody carrying out maintenance or improvement work on the road.

Examples of hazards include dead or dying trees, ditches or hedges interfering with traffic, blocking footpaths, obscuring road signs or obscuring the view of the road ahead. You are required to fell, cut, log, trim or remove such trees, ditches and hedges.

Please see the attached ''A Guide for Landowners to Managing Roadside Tress'' to understand your responsibilities.

If you wish to advise Tipperary County Council of a structure, tree or hedge adjoining a public road which is considered to be dangerous, please contact the Customer Services Department:

Telephone:                   0818 06 5000

Email:                           customerservices@tipperarycoco.ie

Liam Brett

Director of Services

Roads and Transportation