| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Residents Say tree roots are making pavements impassable | |
| Posted by: | Lizzie Bruce | |
| Date/Time: | 17/09/25 12:40:00 |
| Re "The Council and its contractors remain in regular dialogue with residents" – this must just mean replying to communication residents have proactively initiated as I have not had any contact from them and live on Duke Rd. In terms of the options, initially extending paving around the trees appealed to me but having given it more thought there are a few issues with it. 1) The mobility access improvement would be limited. Wheelchair users and buggies would have to take some tight corners. Plus, there are many trees on both sides of the road. Why should residents face a slalom course every time they walk to the shops or bus stop? 2) Unless the pedestrian area is raised it's likely cars will overspill onto the path parts (though perhaps not with the zealous parking enforcement officers). 3) It does not solve the issue of tree roots pushing up the pavement. Highly impactful for the residents of Duke Rd, these tree roots are also ruining paths to front doors, making them uneven to walk on – and in at least one case blocking drainpipe outlets, presumably the roots may also affect the foundations of our houses too, at least for those whose houses are only a metre or so from the tree – and some buildings on Duke Rd are. A Town Centre Project Management contact of mine (not at Hounslow) asked why the trees aren't being regularly pollarded which is the preventative action against tree root overgrowth. However, it seems too late for that now. Another case of short term thinking around Council service cuts. It's a daily issue for a lot of us. I've actually started walking down Glebe Rd whenever I'm going in that direction to avoid the tree roots and almost constant do-si-doing with other pedestrians. |