The Isle of Wight Council is starting a programme of work to improve the safety of trees in the Camp Hill area of Newport and at Appley Park in Ryde.
Some trees will be cut back, some will be planted, and some will be removed altogether.
The trees at Camp Hill are in the roadside and green space areas taken over by the Isle of Wight Council from the Ministry of Justice in 2021. After careful inspections plans have been drawn up to ensure that trees in the former prison estate remain safe for residents and visitors to the area.
Out of many hundreds of trees in the area, about 20 trees will have to be removed entirely, and 40 more will be planted this season to replace them.
Similarly in Appley Park, routine inspections revealed concerns about a group of tall poplar trees near the beach huts on the seafront.
Although there have been past works to cut the trees back, ultimately they have grown too much to be kept safely in this busy area and the decision has been taken to remove them entirely.
Tree officer Tony Gillingham explains:
“These trees are part of the iconic shoreline view of Appley so we have for many years been trying to keep them going.
Article continues below this advertisement “Sadly the time has come where we have to take them down before they become unsafe.
“We have already been working to enhance the trees in Appley Park this winter both with IW Green Gym volunteers and contractors, and next season we will replace the lost trees with a more suitable mix that will be much more robust and resistant to the exposed windy shoreline.
“Managing trees is a long-term job, and although sometimes it looks drastic in the short term, the end result will be a safer and more beautiful park for us all to enjoy.”
More robust for the shoreline, Hang on, isn’t the reason your cutting them down is because they are to big. Well I guess you have to keep the beach hut brigade happy. Ridiculous waste of money, and a stupid idea.
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I guess you’ll be replanting with new young trees then ?
Just wondering if the car park is going to get extended to bring in mire pension cash for the council
They will build on it, why do you think they are going to do up the road that goes up the hill and new sewage pipes and cutting down the trees. All in the aid of luxury homes I suspect.
Not extended, but moved to Simeon Street recreation ground. Which the Council does not own. They are custodians for the actual owners who are the children of Ryde in perpetuity. Fact. The Council has tried again and again to Rob this land. Sick bucket of boredom please.
I bet those pesky nuns next door suggested a plan of new growth and sustainability based on sound environmental ethics regarding the seafront infrastructure… No! All that new pipeline and digging up the lane? Bye, bye car park. Hello hollibobs flats. (By the way, in certain circles, despite regular flooding, they still plan to have the recreation ground owned by the children of Ryde as their fall back car park.)
“The poplar trees have grown to tall”, never mind the fact they’ve stood up to some very strong winds. Why not just lop them, and protect the Islands biosphere which the Council say are so keen to preserve?
my gues is this is the start of preparing Camphill prison site for 1000 houses to be constructed.this will creat more conjestion on coppins bridge
Nor with you – why has lopping down trees in Ryde got anything to do with Camphill?