Rejected petition Make roadside verges protected wildlife & wildflower habitats for biodiversity

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

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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.

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

Require local authorities replace roadside grass with wild flowers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/616394

Fund the planting of wildflowers along all public green spaces: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607277

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Date submitted 17 June 2022
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