Post in Headington Hill Park - tree felling & identifying...

Jul 08 07:33 UTC

Dear Chris and all,

I will pass on this e-mail to the relevant officers for their comment. The
general background is, I know, that no survey of trees owned by the City
Council has been done for some years and that experts have been called in to
check them all over a period of three years (starting from last year). It is
unsurprising that some are found to need treatment and some -- a small % --
to need felling. There was, as you know, a tragic case a few years back of a
young woman being killed by a falling bough, in the centre of town. It would
be a dereliction of duty if the Council did not remove dangerous trees. The
question in this case is about the certainty that the few being felled were
dangerous. There is also the matter of what replacements will be planted --
I'm sure we all like to see a net increase in trees. I'll ask the officers
to respond directly to you, Chris.

David

David Rundle
City Councillor (LibDem), Headington Ward