Make roadside verges protected wildlife & wildflower habitats for biodiversity

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

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Timeline

17 Jun 2022	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jun 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jun 2022

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