Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Network Rail tree destruction begins- Ally Pally to Finsbury Park
NETWORK RAIL TREE DESTRUCTION BEGINS.
Ally Pally-Finsbury Pk for 2.5miles.
We went down to Hornsey/Ally Pally stations along the New River path where they've started the clear cutting - they're chopping all trees to ground & using eco plugs (gysophate), chipping everything. Where's the 'respectful balance' Network Rail promise between nature & the track?
The New River residents association are furious - had been told the trees were not going to be chopped down but cut back.
Haringey Tree Protectors
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People to write to:
neil.strong@networkrail.co.uk ecology strategy lead
Paul Rutter (Route Director East Coast) Paul.Rutter@networkrail.co.uk
Site vegetation manager John Keeley John.keeley@networkrail.co.uk
Head of press Charlotte Harries Charlotte.Harries@networkrail.co.uk
Regional MD Ellie Burrows Ellie.Burrows@networkrail.co.uk
Network Rail Eastern Region Jake Kelly Jake.Kelly@networkrail.co.uk
CEO Network Rail Andrew Haines Andrew.Haines@networkrail.co.uk
MP catherine.west.mp@parliament.uk
Tree council - info@treecouncil.org.uk
Contact ward councillors too
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Permalink Reply by Annie McDonald on
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This is appalling just when we need all of our trees to ward off all the pollution and encourage wildlife, birds, bats etc. Only this week l had a survey of pollution from Friends of the Earth which showed our area as being highly polluted!
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Permalink Reply by Hamishrob on
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I'm not a fan of this action, but this is what they said they'd do. Clear to 6 metres and trim the rest to reduce future vegetation management. It's going to be very drastic when they get to the Harrongey bank! Those trees should re-sprout next spring.
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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I got this response:
The tree work that is taking place near here is a large project to manage overgrowth which had not been cut for many years due to it being such a busy, difficult area. It was a safety concern with the trees posing a risk to sighting of signals for train drivers and getting into the overhead lines. As well, workers needed a place to safely work track side.
Trees were manged carefully to allow some regrowth. You can read more about this here: Vegetation management - Network Rail
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Funnily enough they weren't keen on tackling the brambles and nettles coming from the railway onto the Penstock Path and the pavement on Western Road. They responded: "The down side (left side heading into London) path is the responsibility of LNER and/or Thames Water, and the upside (away from London, on the right of the image), is land leased by Govia Thames Railway (GTR) and some land is owned by the local council. The council would likely be who to contact in order to clear along the footpath here." They cut almost all of the trees down on the Penstock path but the brambles coming from beneath the same trees are someone else's problem...
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Permalink Reply by Giovanna iozzi on
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Just the other side of the fence on the New River path are a line of trees - we pointed out the illogical approach of felling all the trees on one side then less than a few metres are more mature trees with leaves - if leaves are such a major issue. Like they said to you, this is Thames water's land.
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Can I just say that trees - unlike plants - do not regrow once their trunks and have been topped. They will never regain their thick branches. This process of stumping trees is called topping and is bad for their health and balance and basically kills them. As far as we know, NR are cutting them to the ground - trees do not regrow from the ground, unlike plants, they are now dead. Then they herbicide the area which poisons everything. They left trees to grow for 20 years, creating rich habitat and corridors, then come in to decimate it. senseless. They could trim the trees more regularly, but of course haven't despite making millions of pounds from passengers. They say themselves how great their nature tracksides are - they they destroy them all. Total greenwash. They don't do it sustainably. https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Network-Ra...
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Permalink Reply by Sarah L on
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Giovanna what did you think would happen? Your intentions are to be applauded but you were never going to win this confrontation. Pick your battles, choose a cause you have a chance of winning. Complaining after the destruction has happened is pointless
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Totally disagree - creating bad publicity for network rail and other organisations who fell trees en mass is never pointless, especially when they're not even adhering to their own policies. Even after trees are felled we need to hold people to account - I always advise people to ask questions and interrogate tree and other depts when trees are felled. That's how things change and systemic approaches shift. WE have been contacted by a number of people in the flats opposite who are horrified by what happened and were told a different story, we have tried to advise them. Tree campaigning is a long hard battle and it's easy to sit back, judge and criticise rather than joining in the fight.
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Just wondering if you have ever successfully stopped any of the destruction of trees, vegetation or important wildlife habitats during your campaigning. You probably need to rethink your strategy.
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We helped save 2 limes in Highgate, our oakfield road plane tree is still standing, we helped save 2 oaks in Highate wood during lockdown, we helped save an oak tree in the scout park in Bounds Green, we stopped the council felling more trees during the Parkland Walk massacre.
We support people who come to us all the time for advice and spread the word on how to prevent trees being felled, so we act as a kind of informal consultancy too to residents in Haringey.
We are working against a vast system set against trees, we have set up a national group Canopy to lobby at a government level.
If you think you have a better idea of how to save trees, please join our group and share your views.
Of maybe you just like to sit back and criticise.
Much easier of course, to do that.
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I'm sorry if you are offended it's just that saving 5 trees in a city that already has 8.4 million trees , nearly one for each of us 8.6 million Londoners seems pointless. But yes its easy to criticise so I will suggest you concentrate your efforts on mass planting of new trees. I believe there are a number of areas in the borough which are currently unused 'wastelands' . I would contact the council and suggest these could be used for tree planting. They love to appear environmentally friendly so they may be open to the idea
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