Road verges - ecological protection scheme

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Dear Ms Davis

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated the 8th of March
2009, below.

Although East Dunbartonshire Council does not currently run an
ecological diversity scheme for road verges, vergeside maintenance for
biodiversity has been included in East Dunbartonshire Council?s
Grassland Action Plans. However the Council is currently at a very early
point in this process.

With this in mind we have attempted to answer the questions as they
apply at the present time.

a) what protection measures a verge receives when it is included in
the scheme

An audit is to be carried out on suitable verges to be managed for
biodiversity.

b) the list of verges covered by the scheme (and their locations -
road name/number and six figure OS grid references would be fine)

This will be determined later in the year

c) for each verge, the specific reasons why the verge has been
included in the scheme - i.e. the notable species found there, or
the NVC community present

Criteria has yet to be agreed by our Biodiversity Partnership

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Freedom of Information request -
Road verges - ecological protection
scheme

Dear Sir or Madam,

If you run an ecological protection scheme for road verges in your
area, please could you provide me with the following details:

a) what protection measures a verge receives when it is included in
the scheme

b) the list of verges covered by the scheme (and their locations -
road name/number and six figure OS grid references would be fine)

c) for each verge, the specific reasons why the verge has been
included in the scheme - i.e. the notable species found there, or
the NVC community present

If you do not run such a scheme in your area, but you are aware
that another body does, please could you refer me to them instead.

Many thanks,

Susan Davis

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