FELLING OF TREES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 191, 13 August 1931, Page 3

FELLING OF TREES.

The Operations in Park Terrace. A BEAUTIFYING SCHEME. Following complaints by residents and users of Park Terrace that the felling of trees along the river bank was ruining one of the most pleasing drives in the city, Councillor E. Parlane, chairman of the City Council Reserves Committee, explained this morning that the work was most necessary. Some of the trees were leaning at ugly angles, and others were so old as to be dangerous in the event of high winds, he said. The felling of unsatisfactory trees in Park Terrace was only j a part of the work that was done along the banks of the Avon from year to year. All the trees removed would be replaced by young willows. The Council had decided to improve the whole stretch of bank from the Armagh Street bridge to the Carlton. Unemployed men were engaged on the ■work, and the first step was the removal of trees that were deemed, for various reasons, to be unsatisfactory. The decision as to which trees were to be felled lay with the superintendent of reserves (Mr M. J. Barnett), who could be relied upon to exercise a wise discretion. Following the work on the trees, it was intended to level the bank to a height about six inches above the road. A low concrete kerb would run at the edge of the road, and the ground would be levelled to the same height, as had been done in the triangle near the Armagh street bridge. The bank would then be resown with grass. All the work was part of the beautifying campaign that was being conducted in connection with that stretch of river bank.