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Street Tress Get Special Focus

11/3/2014

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Picture 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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Wayne Collins
12/3/2014 03:11:45 am

This has all been done before. Council undertook a detailed analysis of street trees in every street throughout the municipality many years ago and adopted a street tree planting policy - guess in back in the late 1980's and early 1990's. It will all be in Council records somewhere if the staff check their records (which my experience over the past 6 years or so suggests that they don't bother). In the process the street tree planting for the Balgowlah shopping centre proceeded followed by the Seaforth Shopping Centre - and others. They didn't just happen; they were part of a plan. Please Council check your records and past policy and at least start from a historical base.

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Peter Roberts
12/3/2014 12:09:33 pm

We are very interested in this and will post our photos
We would be interested to prune and shape the trees on the nature strip at our costs with Council approval (and supervision if necessary)
It is potentially unsafe, badly pruned and affects the streetscape we are appreciate

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