THE sudden spurt of grass growth along West Devon highways continues to pose potential hazards for motorists.

Gordon Mills, who lives in Roborough Down, this week told the Times: ‘There is an extremely dangerous state of affairs regarding visibility at the T-junction on the A386/Littledown Lane, 300 metres north of the Dartmoor Diner and Roborough Down.

‘It is not possible to see to the south for oncoming traffic without having to drive dangerously into the south bound side of the road.

‘Three months ago, the authorities cut the grass short and it was fantastic, but now the grass has grown up to a metre high on each side making visibility difficult and coming out of the junction onto the busy road dangerous.’

‘On 16 July I spoke to a person in the grass cutting department reporting a most dangerous state of the verges.

‘Although not a very busy junction — probably used 200 times per day — it is nevertheless extremely dangerous.

‘A lot of people park their cars in the car park near that junction to walk their dogs on the moors.

‘If turning north one has to pull out so far that oncoming traffic, unseen initially by the driver, will take avoiding action if they are travelling south, and north bound traffic have no alternative but to slow down drastically to avoid a collision.’

Mr Mills said that the verge opposite Littledown Lane has been strimmed, presumably by landowners, but not the eastern side of the junction.

A Devon County Council, spokesman responsible for the maintenance of the A386 told the Times: ‘This location has been reported to us and we will ensure that grass cutting is carried out as soon as possible.’

If you would like to report to the county highways any roadside signage being covered over by grass or trees or is blocking visibility at junctions go to the website at https://new.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/report-a-problem and then click on overgrown vegetation.