Submitted on Friday 17th June 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make roadside verges protected wildlife & wildflower habitats for biodiversity
We request a cross-party agreement & legal statute affording special protection to all of our roadsides verges - urban & rural - so that the management regimes of verges better enhance biodiversity and protect native wildflowers. Also, to make it a legal requirement to collect cuttings after mowing
Across 315,000+ miles of roadways, almost half of our total native wildflower and flora species exist. Inconsiderate maintenance regimes are harming our native wildflowers due to cutting too often & leaving behind those cuttings and cutting at the wrong time harming annual wildflowers, eg. forgetting how nature can help us with Yellow Rattle.
By affording verges protection nationally, requirements would be placed on local authorities and contractors to maintain for wildflowers & biodiversity.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Require local authorities replace roadside grass with wild flowers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/616394
Fund the planting of wildflowers along all public green spaces: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607277
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