Residents Attend Northwood Green Streets Drop In Consultation Event

A drop in at Northwood Community Centre (Mon 13th October 2010) attracted young and old alike to see the plans for an ambitious street tree planting scheme across the main streets of Northwood.

Residents could see mock ups of their street lined with trees using The Mersey Forests software www.visualise2D.com

pictured above.

Amongst the visitors there were residents from Roughwood, Brook Hey and Bigdale Drives who signed up for the trees straight away using the tree choice and consent forms.

Amongst the attendees was a resident from Brook Hey Drive who commented that in the past trees had been planted but then removed and paved over a few years later.She was concerned that this didn't happen again and that she was a frequent requester for new trees when consulted by the council. She was now very excited at the prospect of the new trees.

Other residents asked about the potential size of trees planted and possible problems with roots and damage to property.The council tree officer Helen Sullivan was on hand to answer questions: advising that trees next to properties would be of a sturdy initial size of around 3.5m with a considerable steel guard and that most tree species were of ornamental non fruiting types with non aggressive root systems, typically growing to no more than 10m in height.

Having seen the mock ups one visitor commented that her initial scepticism about the project had waned and now she felt that having trees planted in a grey environment helped show you the changing seasons and looked forward to the autumn colours and spring flowers.