Poor choice of trees on roads, footpaths and under power lines

This applies to all councils though mine would be Bankstown/canterbury as my street is divided between them. Complaint sent to Canterbury. it was referred to the head of dept. he asked me to refer to council plan approval for those trees. pointed out that trees were cut by electricity councils!

my last unanaswered email follows:

apparently liquidambar is approved for planting by Canterbury council. I asked before whether such plants would bring in the wrong fauna and drive out native fauna. also their tree roots have invaded our stormwater and we have had to replace it for $800.

cockatoos who eat the seeds drive out anything in the area.

IBIS IN THE STREET

ibis come here.
nest in palm trees.
which are pruned.
and are pests.
at henry lawson drive.

please ensure that approved trees are optimal and not just on a list for suboptimal reasons.
the area needs shade trees with wide canopies. -optimal.
under electricity lines trees must be shorter than the lines to remove the need to trim them.
-optimal
these costs are passed on somewhere to ratepayers. -suboptimal & unnecessary if optimal tree planting done in the first place

THINK

think.
before you act.
prevention is better than cure.

would appreciate a proactive response, not one which says that plants are approved.
this does not address the issue raised.
the officer concerned needs to explain and justify such a decision on behalf of council and not tell me to come and read the plan.
out of touch.

ALTERNATIVES
again I suggested bamboo. - AS AN EXAMPLE ONLY
no answer there.
in this depression it may be useful for council(s) to consider this plant and train unemployed people to build with it. there are sites on the net which show that you could build a house in cyclone areas and they stand!!! a us project sources its materials from vietnam. google. if you wish.

this may be more productive than make work programs which do not have such a tangible result. if they could build houses with 'free' carbon friendly resources which renew quickly, we could do something which primarily addresses a whole range of policy issues which impinge on the global depression, climate change, unemployment, housing, council improvements replacing costly alternative refurbishments...

even a pilot would be helpful rather than stating that I should read council's plan.
or it is too hard.
or that it is infeasible.

what is council doing differently anyway?
if bamboo is extremely climate change friendly. maybe council could explore planting bamboo and harvesting it with a view to using the output as a resource for eco friendly activity such as buiilding structures with this renewable material or transforming it for use.

if we were in a fire zone I would suggest that the surrounds be planted with bamboo which could be harvested before the fire season and the embers which razed country towns would not get a foothold because all the vegetation would be cut and only green saplings would be there.

a bamboo curtain which protects country life so that bushfires can be managed in uninhabited areas optimaly and not diverted to small towns in the zone.

if there are good grounds why bamboo should not be used I defer to them.
but Liquidambar is not a good tree on footpaths.
we have broken and raised concrete paths, our drains get easily invaded, and apparently there is also a risk to houses and allergies...

so choose a better tree.
do a cost benefit
replace ugly butchered trees under power lines, especially if street lighting is bad as it is in my street.

DREAMING
I am not a town planner, ranger, works engineer, or town clerk.
just someone who likes to think.
and dream how to make the world a better place.

thank you for your consideration.
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this site is a godsend.
I gave up after a few letters selectively answered as my responses were then ignored.
no mayor is perfect. no politician. bureaucrat. council staff. all have vested interests. so we need public sites which are an escape valve for matters which do not get resolved, even through the council process.
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every council has ugly pruned trees under power lines.
all should consciously pick optimal trees which are suited for their specific environment and publicise and encourage ratepayers to plant sympathetically to bring back local flora and fauna.
some flora should be excluded from the area.
we live in crisis -financial - global - climate -greening -
we need new solutions, not old answers.

• Canterbury City Council
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