Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Tree fallen
They're cutting up and shredding a huge tree trunk in Railway Fields this morning that has toppled down into one of the gardens - hope no-one was hurt! I'm surprised I didn't hear anything as it's only a few doors away.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Yes that'll be my garden Maddy! The tree was quite high up the bank and appears to be resting on the Railway Fields fence which must be damaged although it's hard to tell how badly. Somewhere under all the foliage is our shed....again I can't actually tell if it's still in one piece. It seems to have also done damage to our apple tree but again we won't know how much until they have cleared the beast. Happy to report that no one was home when it happened so no injuries. I'm trying to upload the photo (but floundering). It's a huge tree. I'm expecting that buzz saw to be going on for a number of hours.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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They've removed the fence panel and will have to replace it - looks like it was actually one trunk of a huge multi-trunk tree on the bank above the path. It's now in chunks, and they've been shredding all morning.
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Better empty the shed of anything valuable then! As it looks like we'll be exposed to unwanted visitors if the panel is down....Assuming the shed is still there!
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This is a photo of what it looked like when I got home last night.....
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Today there is chainsaw activity, early on looks like crown reduction or felling of one or more of the trunks adjacent to the one that fell.
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There's a line of multi-trunk sycamores growing along the flank of that high bank, at least as far as the stench chimney. Not a good place for large trees, given the reduced support for the roots growing on that slope.
Some of the sycamores (including the one that fell) are heavily covered with ivy which will increase the wind resistance and therefore the loading at the base of the trunk. It was pretty breezy yesterday.
Two of the trunks in poor health, leaning towards the ends of gardens, were reduced to trunks only (no branches), 5-10 years ago to minimise the risk of collapse. The ivy hides the bare trunks.
I'd hope the whole line of trees is inspected sharpish in case any others are at risk of falling, and if necessary action is taken - yes it's a conservation area but what happened yesterday was potentially lethal.
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Permalink Reply by Zena Brabazon on
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Thank you for your enquiry and please let me apologise for the delay in sending a response.
Hi Gordon
I got the following reply yesterday to my enquiry about the fallen tree and the state of trees generally in Railway Fields on the boundary. It is below in italics
On the 17/05/2018 PM, we received a report from TCV who manage the Railway Fields site that a large sycamore tree had fallen from the site into an adjacent back garden. We instructed a tree work contractor to attend site the following day to clear it from the garden and stack/chip all the waste in the Railway Fields site.
An officer will be carrying out a survey of trees along the boundary of the site during July 2018.
Let me know if there are more problems before then.
All the best
Zena
Zena Brabazon
Cllr, Haringay Ward
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Thank you for looking into that. For me, apart from the issue that my garden looks like a meteorite has hit, and there is a lot of damage to my shed etc., I don't think July is nearly quick enough for the remaining trunks of that tree to be inspected. It needs to be looked at urgently as it looks very precarious to me. Could I please ask you to PM me the details of the officer you are dealing with so that I contact them direct ?
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I agree Antoinette - some of those trees look very precariously rooted. The ones my end are perhaps less so, but are considerably higher than the houses and much closer, so would do a great deal of damage if one came down, not to mention possibly injure someone.
Tree conservation is of course important but given the millions of sycamore seeds and seedlings in my garden this year, they are trying very hard not to be wiped out...
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Today there is chainsaw activity, early on looks like crown reduction or felling of one or more of the trunks adjacent to the one that fell.
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I have been told by the Council that they intend to reduce the tree that fell to a "monolith"...so not just thinning the canopy but removing it altogether. They also said that they have inspected the entire row of trees and are satisfied that the other trees are all sound/safe.
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