Tear off a strip

In relation to It’s a Washout (Star Community, Berwick, 31 October), as nature strips are not part of the property owners’ parcel of land, councils are therefore obliged to look after and maintain them.
Sure, property owners can, if they so choose, mow the lawn to keep it neat and tidy, but that’s where their obligation stops.
Councils plant the trees, maintain the curbing, the footpaths and allow utility companies to install their services along these strips of land.
Property owners are allowed, with a permit, to install a driveway crossover, if they so wish, but that’s it.
The nature strip belongs to the council and, guess what, they are therefore responsible for any maintenance on the said piece of land, not property owners who don’t own the land.
Terry,
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