High gale force winds have been blowing up a right storm here in Huddersfield and undoubtedly some trees have not been able to withstand it and have collapsed causing quite a few problems. Now when in the car I noticed something which I believe needs to be immediately addressed and something done about and this is the location of the majority of the trees around Huddersfield. They are all on the roadside right next to the road, on the pavement!
The trees branches are already overhanging the roads and the pavements which tons of people use every day but the disturbing fact is that they are also overlooking playgrounds, schools and other highly populated or regularly visited areas. Winds such as those which are currently in Huddersfield have these trees swaying and only today did I get told of one which came crashing down onto Manchester Road which is extremely busy.
Its only when you think about the location of these trees is it when you think...who planted/allowed these trees to grow in such ridiculous places? It doesn't take a genius to see that someone is going to get seriously hurt if these trees naturally fall over either by dying or being thrown over by gale force winds.
Yet every year we get instances of trees falling onto cars or pedestrians and either seriously injuring them or in worse cases, killing them. Its normally just the one or two people/cars but what if a tree was to be blown over right on top of a school where young children are inside? There would be uproar then but it would be too late so its right now that the council have to do something about these trees to prevent an incident such as this from ever occurring in the future.
I'm not saying destroy forests but simply cut the trees which hover dangerously over side walks and roads down before its too late!
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