Visite du Branchage
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A Visite du Branchage is an inspection of roads in Jersey and Guernsey to ensure property owners have complied with the laws against vegetation encroaching onto the road.
Jersey
The Visite du Branchage takes place in each parish twice a year to check that occupiers of houses and land bordering on public roads have undertaken the 'branchage'.
The Loi (1914) sur la Voirie imposes a duty on all occupiers of property to ensure that encroachments are removed from the public highway.
The first Visite is between 21 June – 11 July and the second is between 1 – 21 September.[1]
On the Visite du Branchage the
- the 'branchage' [hedges, branches and overhanging trees] has been trimmed back so as to give a clearance of 12 feet over main roads and by-roads;
- the 'branchage' [hedges, branches and overhanging trees] has been trimmed back so as to give a clearance of 8 feet over footpaths; and all trimmings have been removed from the road.
If the branchage has not been completed the occupier will be required to undertake the work and, if it is not carried out, the parish may arrange for the work to be done and charge the occupier the cost of that work.
The Visite du Branchage applies to all public roads including main roads, by-roads and footpaths.
The Branchage Film Festival, takes its name from Visite du Branchage.
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Members of the Roads Committee inspect an encroaching hedge -
A Vingtenier draws up any charges -
A tree is measured for encroachment over the footway and the roadway
References
- ^ "Loi (1914) sur la Voirie". Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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