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A Visite du Branchage is an inspection of roads in
Image:Visite du Branchage Juilet 2008 Saint Hélyi c.jpg, Members of the Roads Committee inspect an encroaching hedge
Image:Visite du Branchage Juilet 2008 Saint Hélyi b.jpg, A Vingtenier draws up any charges
Image:Visite du Branchage Juilet 2008 Saint Hélyi d.jpg, A tree is measured for encroachment over the footway and the roadway
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A Visite du Branchage is an inspection of roads in Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ...
and Guernsey to ensure property owners have complied with the laws against vegetation encroaching onto the road.
Jersey
The Visite du Branchage takes place in eachparish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
twice a year to check that occupiers of houses and land bordering on public road
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation.
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s have undertaken the 'branchage'.
The ''Loi (1914) sur la Voirie'' imposes a duty on all occupiers of property to ensure that encroachments are removed from the public highway.
The first Visite is between 21st June – 11th July and the second is between 1st – 21st September.
On the Visite du Branchage the connétable, assisted by the members of the Roads Committee, Roads Inspectors and the centenier
There is an Honorary Police ( French: Police Honorifique) force in each of the twelve parishes of Jersey. Members of the Honorary Police are elected by the voters of the parish in which they serve, and are unpaid.
Honorary Police officers have ...
s, will visit the roads of his parish accompanied by the vingteniers in their respective Vingtaine
A vingtaine (literally "group of twenty" in French) is a political subdivision of Jersey. They are subdivisions of the various parishes of Jersey, and one, La Vingtaine de la Ville (The Vingtaine of the town), in Saint Helier is further divided ...
s to ensure that the branchage has been completed. Occupiers of land may be fined up to £50 for each infraction unless -
*the 'branchage' edges, branches and overhanging treeshas been trimmed back so as to give a clearance of 12 feet over main roads and by-roads;
*the 'branchage' edges, branches and overhanging treeshas been trimmed back so as to give a clearance of 8 feet over footpaths; and all trimmings have been removed from the road.
If the branchage has not been completed the occupier will be required to undertake the work and, if it is not carried out, the parish may arrange for the work to be done and charge the occupier the cost of that work.
The Visite du Branchage applies to all public roads including main roads, by-roads and footpaths.
The Branchage Film Festival, takes its name from Visite du Branchage.
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