Greetings all,
Some lucky (?) residents in Canterbury are fortunate enough to live in a
street blessed with an avenue of mature, unpollarded London Plane trees
planted in the footway...
Unfortunately, root growth near the base of some of these trees is causing
humps in the footway crossovers, such that cars are grounding as residents
access their garages. Raising the level of the footway and crossovers above
the roots is only going to make the problem worse, so Highway Engineer's
thoughts are turning to root pruning or shaving off the top off the roots...
I recall a case study and photo in Biddle's book on subsidence where a slice
was taken from the base of a tree in contact with a wall - and wondered if
anyone had experience of doing something similar to roots, or had any other
(helpful) suggestions that will solve the access problems and save the trees?
Hopefully,
Jon
Jon Lambourne
Arboricultural Officer
Canterbury City Council
01227 862487
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