Rural Swathe, Visibility & Hedge Cutting

This service requirement is for the programmed maintenance of the highways soft landscape asset with flexibility for additional ad-hoc provision and may include the following works on rural roads: • Swathe cutting • Visibility splays cutting • Rural hedge cutting • Conservation / wildflower / SSSI verge cutting • Vegetation clearance and washing of road signs • Vegetation cutting of off-road cycle paths Work types will be maintained at the following minimum frequencies: • Swathe cutting: 1 per annum • Visibility splays cutting: 3 per annum • Rural hedge cutting: 1 per annum • Conservation / wildflower / SSSI cutting: 1 per annum • Vegetation clearance and washing of road signs: 1 per annum • Vegetation cutting of off-road cycle paths: 2 per annum