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Posted By Seamus O Sullivan
Hi everyone,
Is anyone aware of standards, where an electric fence is installed at the side of a road where members of the public travel?
My initial reaction is to remove the electric fence and replace with something safer eg some sort of fencing, however it may prove useful to find out what the relevant standards are.
Seamus
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Posted By Seamus O Sullivan
Thanks andy.
I notice the doc refers to an outer non electrified fence . The situation which concerns me comprises of a strand of electric wire along a road, children and other members of the public use this road.
Am I correct in assuming it is bad practice to have the electric fence there. The reasons for the fence are to keep cattle back from road.
There are no warning signs etc, and yes it is electric i tested it !
Seamus
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Posted By Della Pearlman
I did a quick search on this for you - local authorities are quoting Highways Act 1980 section 137, 137Z, and 149.
Electric Fences alongside a public right of way
"Where an electric fence runs alongside a public path it may be a danger and a nuisance to members of the public"
The actual act says:
Section 137 of the Highways Act 1980 makes it an offence for a person, without lawful authority, to wilfully obstruct a highway. A 'person' includes a body corporate. If a person is convicted of such an offence and it appears to the magistrates that the obstruction is continuing and that it is within the power of that person to remove it, the magistrates may make an order under section 137ZA (1) of the 1980 Act requiring that person to remove the obstruction. If the person fails to comply with the order, he is guilty of an offence under section 137ZA(3) of the 1980 Act and liable to a fine. The maximum fine is level 5 on the standard scale, which is currently £5000.
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Posted By Andy Barr
Seamus,
Cattle fences are pretty ubiquitous across the countryside, but I suspect, not many adjacent to roads, though often adjacent to Public Rights of Way
How close to the road is it, how busy is the road and how far can a child leap backwards when they get a zap?
Can the fence line be brought into the field and away from the roadside or, replaced with another type of stock fencing?
Definitly sign it, but are they worth the plastic they're printed on? (now there's a whole new debate!)
Andy
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Posted By Seamus O Sullivan
thanks for the replies, the total distance is approx 300 meters, and it( electric fence) could be supplemented with rail fencing.
seamus
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Posted By sylvia
Seamus - not the first time you have raised this topic.
There are a number of previous threads in the archive too going back a few years, with collectively quite a few references, which may be useful.
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