Barbed wire nuisance
Reported in the Pavements/footpaths category by A Tyler at 16:16, Wed 25 August 2010
Sent to Isle of Wight Council 4 minutes later
Barbed wire fence alongside PROW R54 which is legally a public highway.
Photo show the section just after crossing Smallbrook lane, however this fence continues all the way to the woods with barbed wire less than one metre from the ground. Contrary to Section 164 of the Highways Act 1980 which says that barbed wire on land adjoining a public highway must not cause a nuisance to humans or animals using the highway. Anything placed below 2.4 metres high will usually be deemed to be causing a nuisance and the local authority can issue a notice demanding its removal.
This is the Isle of Wight responsibility to enforce the law put in place to protect the public. Its their job as its a public footpath.
Anyone who is subsequently injured due to this danger can produce a link t this website as evidence which prove the council have been informed of the hazard.
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