Tree Preservation in Quarry
From:
Julia Gasper
Date:
Jan 11 15:33 UTC
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When I moved here in 2005 one of the things I liked about Quarry was the
unusual large tree in the middle opposite the old nursery school. Every summer
the Council comes and lops its lower branches off quite without cause or
justification. They have ruined its shape.
It is sheer vandalism and yet they are being paid by us to carry it out. Since
the awful disaster in Bonn Square in the town centre, I have become even more
alarmed for the future of every mature tree that we have left in this city.
It is not surprising that local kids carry out comparitively small acts of
vandalism - breaking off a branch here and there - when the example they get
from the authorities is to treat trees as being without value.
How can we get preservation orders put on Quarry trees that will keep the
planners' and architects' chainsaws and axes off them?