Mowing and slashing in Clarence
Each year we undertake an extensive springtime program of mowing, slashing and fire hazard management across the region.
From September and through to Summer we visit all council owned land to maintain vegetation and reduce hazards. This includes council land such as bush reserves, fire trails, rural roadsides and other natural areas.
Parks and sportsgrounds are maintained routinely throughout the entire year including throughout spring.
In Clarence, we’re lucky to enjoy over 70 regional parks, 1400 hectares of bushland, 300km of fire trails and 150km of walking trails and 191km of coastline, this does mean that there is a lot of ground to cover during the spring season when new growth emerges. A range of factors can impact our spring timetable – such as weather – however our teams work hard to get priority areas done ahead of summer.
Toward the end of the schedule, we reassess all areas and will reattend spots where substantial vegetation has grown back.
Typically, the mowing and slashing is done in stages, we start with fencelines and move into the centre, then we return for clean up – so the works may occur intermittently over several days.
Suburbs in order of schedule – each will be marked GREEN when complete:
- Warrane
- Risdon Vale
- Geilston Bay, Lindisfarne and Bellerive
- Otago
- Montagu Bay
- Rosny
- Howrah North
- Mt Rumney and Richmond
- Howrah South and Tranmere
- Sandford and South Arm
- Oakdowns and Rokeby
- Seven Mile Beach, Lauderdale and Cremorne
Roadsides
Council-owned rural roadsides are slashed once a year and this work is done by a contractor.
In Clarence, there are a number of major roads which are owned by the state government and roadsides are maintained on a separate mowing and slashing schedule. However, generally this does occur in the same period – during the months of Sep-Nov.
Roadsides in urban areas are considered Nature Strips and these are managed by the property owner – see Nature Strips page.
The primary purpose of roadside slashing is to ensure clear slight lines for drivers, signage visibility, drain maintenance, safe pedestrian passage and fire safety. The basic mowing and slashing work utilises large machinery to minimise traffic disruptions and roadsides are not maintained to the same standard of sportsgrounds, parks and reserves.
Roadside schedule in order:
- Richmond and Cambridge
- Acton (including tangara trail)
- Mt Rumney and Rokeby
- Otago
- South arm (including Tangara Trail)