Council tree felling...

[Organgrinder 1,946]

3 minutes ago, HumbleNarrator said:

This is what a tree lined street should look like in my opinion.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.392806,-1.5206743,3a,75y,86.61h,83.32t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVgQ3-eaOitEHxBb1AmrYGA!2e0!5s20180801T000000!7i13312!8i6656

More street than trees I'm afraid

[hackey lad 3,991]

13 minutes ago, HumbleNarrator said:

This is what a tree lined street should look like in my opinion.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.392806,-1.5206743,3a,75y,86.61h,83.32t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVgQ3-eaOitEHxBb1AmrYGA!2e0!5s20180801T000000!7i13312!8i6656

That’s what they look like when they have been looked after .

[spilldig 190]

22 hours ago, Anna B said:

What's wrong with big trees? They're beautiful.

Also possible to pollard them to restrict their growth if required.

Try and live with one outside your house. Caused misery here with broken sewers cracked paths, £100s  spent cleaning gutters and down pipes out, having to have lights switched on all day in summer because it's so dark. No problem when we moved in but no work done on them for years . The houses round here are 3 storeys and they tower over them.

[harvey19 541]

3 minutes ago, spilldig said:

Try and live with one outside your house. Caused misery here with broken sewers cracked paths, £100s  spent cleaning gutters and down pipes out, having to have lights switched on all day in summer because it's so dark. No problem when we moved in but no work done on them for years . The houses round here are 3 storeys and they tower over them.

The problem is that like in many areas of life people support things which do not directly affect them adversely.

Trees need maintaining regularly if they are not to become a problem.

[Organgrinder 1,946]

2 minutes ago, spilldig said:

Try and live with one outside your house. Caused misery here with broken sewers cracked paths, £100s  spent cleaning gutters and down pipes out, having to have lights switched on all day in summer because it's so dark. No problem when we moved in but no work done on them for years . The houses round here are 3 storeys and they tower over them.

There's the answer  "no work done on them for years"

It's not the fault of the trees, but the council who's done no work on anything for years.

Council answer to everything - Buildings:  let them fall apart then we have excuse to knock them down.

Trees:  let them grow our of control then we have excuse to chop them down.

They should not be higher than a 3 storey house on a residential street.

It's humans who are spoiling the streets , not trees.

 

Your eyes must be very very poor if you need lights switched on all day in summer.

Typical exaggeration.

[Baron99 811]

I'd say the majority of the London Plane trees in & around Nether Edge are mostly in the region of 100ft plus.  The locals fought to keep them & after all the kerfuffle with a number of them being earmarked for felling because they were previously deemed to dying, dangerous, detrimental & all the other stuff SCC & Amey came up with,  surprise, surprise, the trees were kept & solutions were found to repair uneven & cracked pavements. 

 

Of course this meant that Amey had to carry out the works & dip into some of the billions that council tax payers had handed them for maintenance work, rather than just pocket the cash.

[lazarus 68]

I still think back handlers drove the felling of the trees.

[HumbleNarrator 286]

3 hours ago, lazarus said:

I still think back handlers drove the felling of the trees.

Felling trees with the back of their hands?? that's impressive.

[Organgrinder 1,946]

1 hour ago, HumbleNarrator said:

Felling trees with the back of their hands?? that's impressive.

You'd be amazed what politicians can do with back handers these days.

[vmam 35]

1 hour ago, HumbleNarrator said:

Felling trees with the back of their hands?? that's impressive.

So sorry for the extra " L ", suppose you are purrefect .

[spilldig 190]

22 hours ago, Organgrinder said:

There's the answer  "no work done on them for years"

It's not the fault of the trees, but the council who's done no work on anything for years.

Council answer to everything - Buildings:  let them fall apart then we have excuse to knock them down.

Trees:  let them grow our of control then we have excuse to chop them down.

They should not be higher than a 3 storey house on a residential street.

It's humans who are spoiling the streets , not trees.

 

Your eyes must be very very poor if you need lights switched on all day in summer.

Typical exaggeration.

Who are you to start on about exaggeration. I am not lying?

[hackey lad 3,991]

2 hours ago, spilldig said:

Who are you to start on about exaggeration. I am not lying?

It is a shocking comment.