Street Tress Get Special Focus

Ausgrid butchering our street trees.

Following major concerns from our community Precincts, and in particular Little Manly and North Harbour, Manly Council has now undertaken to focus on our street trees by commissioning a Street Tree Inventory of the entire Manly local area; and the development of a Street Tree Policy.

This $70,000 project is now underway.

One of the first steps is to take an inventory of what we have - how many street trees there are, what they are, which ones are significant and which ones are missing. This is a big task and the council is now asking for help from local precincts to document our tree scape.  Once the information is in, it will inform council policy on managing trees in our area. 

Following recent concerns about the way that Ausgrid butchers our trees,  at a recent council meeting Good For Manly councillor Candy Bingham asked the council to take the issue up a level and push for greater rights for all NSW councils over street tree management and the current practices of Ausgrid.  This matter will be raised with Local Government NSW and with the Minister of Local Government.

Have you had trouble with Ausgrid lopping trees in your street? Let us know here. 

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