Fixed
Between Billet Lane and car park
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7336992.
Group of 2x ash trees, previously tagged when reported to Highways previously several years ago (South Bucks tree surgeons even marked them to fell but they were still there when surveyed end this winter) During tree inspections to determine hazards threatening adjacent land, the PTI-qualified inspector reported that these two road-side ash trees are hazardous and recommended contacting landowner to advise trees are made safe. Description of tree: ‘Highways owned; Located between Billet Lane and boundary fenceline at south car park; Group comprises 2 x ash trees; Epicormic shoots present along stem and in crown indicative of stress; Minor to major deadwood present in crown as dieback indicative of ash dieback’ Photos of satellite location in context with Highways Extents map available on request.
Updates
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A Highway Officer will carry out an initial assessment of the tree, emergency issues will be corrected or made safe at the time of the inspection, if reasonably practicable to do so. In this context, making safe may constitute displaying warning notices, coning‐off or fencing‐off to protect the public from the tree or other suitable action.
If the inspection team cannot make safe the defect at the time of inspection, then they will instigate the relevant emergency call procedures to ensure appropriate resources are mobilised to make the tree safe. Highway Officers are not qualified as tree experts and in some cases they may need to arrange for a tree surgeon to visit the site and carry out a survey on the tree which can take up to 12 weeks.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will be classified as a minor defect and does not pose any risk to either the safety or the integrity of the highway, these are called minimum recording levels as specified in our Highways Safety Inspection Policy , in these cases no action will be taken.
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Update
We are very pleased to tell you that the issue reported has now been resolved.
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