Powys County Council’s (The Council) Highways, Grounds and Street Services (HGSS) are responsible for the management of grounds maintenance, grass cutting and additional associated activities on trunk roads, county and rural roads and within urban areas in the County of Powys.
The Council currently maintains the following:
-153 hectares of municipal grass areas across Powys which includes play areas, housing estates, libraries, etc., which are normally cut 10 times during the year;
-19 cemeteries which are cut 14 times;
-96 hectares of County Urban verges in towns and villages which are normally cut three times during the year;
-4 hectares of shrub bed maintenance;
-Over 4600 km’s of County Rural highway verges;
-134 Roadside Verge Nature Reserves (RVNR’s); and
The service is currently delivered through a mix of the internal service and external contractors and the service is usually delivered between April and October each year.
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Buttington cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Knighton cemetery (old site)
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Llandrindod Wells cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Presteigne cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Rhayader cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Brecon cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Hay-on-Wye cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Llanfilo cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Llanwrtyd Wells cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the North Central urban verges area
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the North East urban verge area, Powys
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Castle Caereinion cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the North West urban verges area
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the Mid East urban verges area
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the Mid West urban verge area
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the South Central urban verges area
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the South Central urban verges area
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the Mid rural verges zone
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the North rural verges zone
The provision of grounds maintenance services in the South rural verges zone
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Guilsfield cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Llanfyllin cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Machynlleth cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Montgomery cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Newtown cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Masegwasted cemetery
The provision of grounds maintenance services in Knighton cemetery (new site)