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'Communication error' sees Redland Hill trees felled | 'Communication error' sees Redland Hill trees felled |
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A "communication error" has been blamed for trees being felled around a building site. | A "communication error" has been blamed for trees being felled around a building site. |
Bristol City Council said its contractor was asked to remove "some small trees" and a decayed beech on a verge on Redland Hill - but most were destroyed. | Bristol City Council said its contractor was asked to remove "some small trees" and a decayed beech on a verge on Redland Hill - but most were destroyed. |
Vassili Papastavrou, from Bristol Tree Forum, said it was a "terrible mistake" that would not have happened had the community been involved. | Vassili Papastavrou, from Bristol Tree Forum, said it was a "terrible mistake" that would not have happened had the community been involved. |
The council said it was "disappointed". | The council said it was "disappointed". |
Mr Papastavrou said: "There should be community engagement in tree management decisions. | Mr Papastavrou said: "There should be community engagement in tree management decisions. |
"Otherwise how will we know whether the contractors are doing what has been requested or making a terrible mistake as in this case?" | "Otherwise how will we know whether the contractors are doing what has been requested or making a terrible mistake as in this case?" |
The felled trees were an "informal collection of ash and other trees" and have been replaced with birches. | The felled trees were an "informal collection of ash and other trees" and have been replaced with birches. |
Mr Papastavrou said there had been no consultation over the species. | Mr Papastavrou said there had been no consultation over the species. |
"Birch trees will do very little to mitigate the pollution on this congested road and the canopy cover will never be restored," he said. | "Birch trees will do very little to mitigate the pollution on this congested road and the canopy cover will never be restored," he said. |
A council spokesman said the authority was disappointed at what had happened after asking its contractor "to remove some small trees on a verge that were getting too close to a retaining wall". | |
He said it was "working with our tree contractor to try and avoid something like this happening again in the future". | He said it was "working with our tree contractor to try and avoid something like this happening again in the future". |
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