Tree and highway maintenance
We have a duty to carry out various operations to ensure the cleanliness and safety of our roads and streets, and sometimes to improve their condition.
This includes highways remedial works, street cleaning and tree maintenance, all of which can impact upon community gardens in tree pits.
We cannot accept any liability for loss of or damage to planting as a result of our work. This means:
- if the planting is weedy and unkempt we may remove it without notice
- litter may need to be removed by our street cleaners, which could cause or loss of or damage to plants, but tying a green ribbon around the tree will help operatives recognise if planting has been undertaken
- where trees have to be removed, this will result in the unavoidable removal of plants, as the stump and roots of the tree will need to be removed for future replanting
- pruning trees may also damage plants
- repairs, alterations or improvements to footpaths may result in the removal of or damage to plants