Attachment 1 to Item 53 - Roadside Vegetation Management Plan

H AW K E S B U R Y C IT Y C O U N C IL R O AD S ID E V E G E T AT IO N M AN AG E M E N T P L AN
• Restrict stock to within approved areas in the road reserve to avoid damage to vegetation
outside the designated grazing area; and
• Monitor areas that are being grazed to ensure that stock do not overgraze and cause
damage to native vegetation.
6.14 EDUCATION / COMMUNITY AWARENESS, TRAINING
As education is central to the protection and maintenance of native vegetation on roadsides (see
Section 3.15), it is important that information about the roles and values of roadside environments is
disseminated to road users and workers. The following actions should be taken to educate road users
and workers on the values and roles of roadside environments.
• Provide copies of this RVMP and the information brochure to all:
o relevant Council staff
o utility service authorities
o relevant staff within the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority
o Landcare Groups and relevant community groups operating in the Hawkesbury LGA.
• Inform residents and ratepayers about the RVMP and aspects that may affect their use of
roadsides;
• Distribute copies of the information brochure on the roles and values of roadsides to
members of the community and landowners;
• Provide training for all Council staff working on roadsides, including Planning, Engineering,
Contracting and Outdoor staff by holding workshops on best practice Roadside
Management techniques (e.g. proper pruning techniques, weed control techniques, weed
and plant pathogen hygiene practices);
• Implement a road signage system to ensure road users are aware of the significance of
particular areas along roads and can obtain relevant information;
• Organise training and educational programs on roadside management for staff, service
authorities, RFS volunteers, local Landcare groups and the broader community;
• Provide information to landholders and agencies working on roadsides, about
responsibilities for weed control, technical advice, identification of species, and promote
revegetation in areas where weed control has occurred;
• Consider producing separate fact sheets on various sections of this Plan;
• Inform Council staff, Government agencies, landowners and road workers of any new
documents relating to roadside management (e.g. classification of low, medium and high
conservation priority roadsides);
• Review the current standard Council contract specifications to ensure that when renewing
contracts or re-tendering contracts for works on roadsides that the relevant clauses are
inserted to protect remnant native vegetation and threatened flora and fauna species and
their habitats;
• Prevent any contractors not trained in accordance with this plan from undertaking works on
a road reserve;
• Review and update the conservation assessments of roadsides every five years, or as
road construction and maintenance activities affect them; and
• Review the Plan and the actions at a minimum of every five years ensuring that the
expected Management Objectives are being met and that any new data is incorporated
into the Plan.
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