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

Dear Madam

You requested information regarding whether or not we have an ecological
protection scheme for road verges and if so requested information relating
to that.

In accordance with the Act we have decided to grant access to the
information requested.
The Council does not have an ecological protection scheme as such for
roadside verges although we do seek to maintain them sympathetically.

In addition, one particularly floristically rich roadside verge on the
Ryton-Crawcrook bypass is protected as part of a designated Site of Nature
Conservation Importance.

Yours faithfully

Tanya Rossington

Litigation Manager and Information Rights Officer
Legal and Corporate Services
1st Floor
Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH

Phone 0191 4332192
Fax 0191 4332103
e-mail [email address]
or [Gateshead Borough Council request email]

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