Drainage and Protection of Public Roads

DRAINAGE AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC ROADS

SECTION 76 OF THE ROADS ACT 1993

Owners or occupiers of any land adjacent to a public road are required to take all reasonable steps to ensure that:-

(a)       Water is not prevented, obstructed or impeded from draining into,

onto, under, or through their land from a public road;

(b)       Water, soil or other material is prevented from flowing or falling onto a

            public road from their land;

Wexford County Council may serve a notice on owner/occupiers who do not comply with these requirements. Failure to comply with such notice may result in fines up to €1,270. 

Please note that, without the consent of the Road Authority, it is an offence to:

(i)         Scour, deepen, widen or fill in any existing drain or excavate any new drain within 15 metres of the edge of a public road;

(ii)        Interfere with, or carry out any works which interfere with, a bridge,

culvert, retaining wall, embankment or other structure providing lateral

or other support for a public road.