ADEPT: Greenprint is the blueprint for verge management

South Gloucestershire Council and West Sussex County Council are trialling a new way to manage grass verges, including using cuttings to generate energy and reduce the carbon footprint associated with highways maintenance. Greenprint is a pioneering green carbon laboratory project which is exploring the potential in non-operational highways ‘green’ assets. Chris Harris, lead officer for […]

TfL to double wildflower verges on road network

TfL are realising their pledge to increase biodiversity, mitigate climate change and become more sustainable in its operations by increasing the amount of wildflower verges on its network’s roadsides and has doubled the area managed in this way to more than 260,000m2 in 2024.  The sites are managed to promote biodiversity by reducing mowing frequency to allow […]

Caerphilly verge cutting regime endorsed to promote biodiversity

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Environment and Sustainability Scrutiny Committee has endorsed proposals to amend grass cutting regimes across the county borough which aim to promote biodiversity. Scrutiny Committee members endorsed the adoption of the approach used during 2021/22 as the future standard for grass cutting in the county borough.  This saw highway verges and bypass […]