There have been negative comments locally about the state of grass in council-maintained open spaces.
Council officers say grass cutting was severely limited latterly last week due to heavy rain and concerns about churning up the grass.
Furthermore the squad covering Portlethen previously had a near 10-day period where both their ride-on mowers were off the road/under repair so grass cutting was severely limited.
As with all other squads, the Portlethen squad also maintains and carries out burials and there have been spells during the summer when these duties have impinged heavily on grass cutting.
Normally the aim is to get round the grass route within a 10 working day cycle.
I certainly know that I am having to cut my own grass more regularly – it is just sprouting up!
The recent cuts to the grasswere a disgrace , either the machine needed sharpening or the job done in such a hurry but left in hardly a nice presentation deserved by locals
I think council officers would agree that the presentation after the grass was cut is not as they would wish. However they have set out the reasons – longer and wetter grass because of the length of time since the previous cut (machinery breakdown) and the weather. Not ideal.