A ''Roads Inspector'' (

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: ''L's Înspecteurs des C'mîns'';

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: ''Inspecteur des chemins'') is a statutory office in

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responsible for the maintenance of public highways. The Parish Assembly elects two roads inspectors for each

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 divid ...

St Ouen">St_Ouen,_Jersey.html" ;"title="r cueillette in St Ouen, Jersey">St Ouenfor a three-year term of office in accordance with the ''Loi (1914) sur la Voirie''. Roads Inspectors are responsible for the repair of by-roads of the Parish and have to ensure the instructions of the Roads Committee are carried out. In the Parish of St Helier, the Roads Inspectors also undertake additional non-statutory responsibilities with regard to the policing of infractions of the Road Traffic Act (Jersey) and other areas of the law within the parochial remit such as dog licensing and fly posting. They also serve as conduits of information to the

Honorary Police 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 h ...

. Their chief role is the annual

Visite du Branchage A Visite du Branchage is an inspection of roads in Jersey 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 each Parishes of Jersey, ...

and the triennial

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