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Berkshire city's new leaf of life
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A Berkshire city is to have a forest face lift, a council announced today.
Reading Borough Council says that around 200 trees in Kendrick Road, London Road and Caversham Road are to be spruced up.
The trees will undergo re-pollarding, crown reductions and crown lifting over January and February.
The work is being carried out by Beechwood Tree Care to neaten up the trees, which have overhanging branches causing annoyance and danger to passing traffic and pedestrians.
Steve Waite, lead councillor for environmental services, said that it was important that the extensive tree work was carried out in order to keep them looking good for redisents in the long term.
Mr Waite also warned that the patients may not come out of surgery looking good.
He said: "The nature of the work means the trees may look quite bare afterwards but we have employed experts to do the job and it is essential to the long term health of the trees that this work is done."
He also stated that, like all cosmetic surgery, the town might have to suffer to be beautiful, as the work may cause minor disruptions to motorists.
"The scale of the project means it is likely to cause some disruption but we are doing all we can to minimise delays and inconvenience to motorists and pedestrians," he said.
Slough Borough Council is also em-barking on a tree planting project at eight locations around its city. The trees it has chosen can grow up to 20 metres tall.
Bo Walsh, Slough Borough Council's community tree officer, said: "Because of their sheer size the sites chosen for planting needed to be accessible as well as able to support such a large tree."
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