Four trees on the Stray in Harrogate are to be felled by North Yorkshire Council.
The trees, close to Beech Grove, are deemed to be in poor condition and pose a safety risk due to their proximity to the road.
Resident Chris Graville sent us this video of one of the trees being cut down.
Barrie Mason, assistant director for highways at the council, said:
“This lime tree is one of four along Beech Grove on the Stray which are in poor condition and are to be removed as they are deemed high risk due to their position next to the road.
“This work is in line with the national tree and woodland policy which ensures two trees are planted to replace every one cut down.
“This means we are sustaining and increasing the number of trees across the county.”
North Yorkshire Council took over responsibility for managing the Stray on April 1, when Harrogate Borough Council was abolished.
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A large tree that damaged a Porsche in Harrogate during recent storms has been felled.
Zenya Dunn, who lives on Granby Road, told the Stray Ferret her partner Michael woke to find his car beneath a large splintered branch during February’s Storm Otto.
Speaking back then, she said it was the second time the Porsche had been struck by falling branches from the tree.
Ms Dunn added her Range Rover, parked nearby, and the house front window had narrowly escaped being damaged by the tree during storms. She said the couple had alerted the council to the danger numerous times.
Zenya Dunn, standing next to her partner’s Porsche in the aftermath of Storm Otto.
North Yorkshire Council has now pruned the tree to little more than a stump.
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Jon Clubb, acting head of parks and environmental services at the council, said:
“Storm Otto caused considerable disruption to parts of North Yorkshire in February. Our parks and grounds maintenance team acted swiftly to remove a large branch on Granby Road which had fallen during the storm.
“Unfortunately, damage to the tree was so severe that it needed removing and the work was recently carried out. We will be carrying out replacement plantings this winter in line with our trees and woodland policy.
The splintered branch being removed in February.
Work to repair a leaking sewer pipe on the River Ure at Sharow, near Ripon, looks set to last another fortnight.
Several vehicles and staff have been working round the clock for more than a week to fix the pipe at the pumping station on Sharow Lane.
Yorkshire Water said on Wednesday the leak had caused “short term” discharge into the Ure on December 30.
Yesterday a large tree was felled at the site where work is taking place.
In an update today. a Yorkshire Water spokesman said:
“The repairs, due to the depth and complexity, could take two weeks to complete. Our teams are working hard to carry out the work as quickly as possible and we apologise for the disruption caused.
“The length of the repair is due to the depth of the excavation and location which makes it complex.”
Vehicles are still at the scene of the incident.
The spokesman said the tree had to be felled because nearby repair work was taking place five metres below the surface and “there were concerns the dig could cause the tree to fall onto the site where people were working”.
He added there had been no further discharge since the pipe was isolated on December 30 and Yorkshire Water had not received any reports of fish deaths.
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One Sharow villager, who asked not to be named, said the number of vehicles working at the site over several days suggested “the scale and severity of what’s happened must be significant”.
Yorkshire Water, however, has said it “believes there was a low impact on the environment due to the speed at which the pipe was isolated”, adding:
“Our teams attended quickly, isolated the main and began a tankering operation to prevent further wastewater entering the river and ensure customers could continue to use their services, as well as informing the Environment Agency of the incident.”