Trees cut down Lusk?

alexanderomahon

Was driving home today and most of the trees on the Lusk by pass to rush (lusk side) seem to have been cut down.Anybody know why?

fergal.b

I think it might be vandals https://www.facebook.com/LuskCoDublin?sk=wall&filter=2


Photo by Greg Robins.

Kumsheen

alexanderomahon wrote: »

Was driving home today and most of the trees on the Lusk by pass to rush (lusk side) seem to have been cut down.Anybody know why?

I noticed that too. At first i thought it was just a couple of selected trees that were possibly dead, but they seem to be cutting them all down?

Robert Hand

fergal.b wrote: »

I think it might be vandals https://www.facebook.com/LuskCoDublin?sk=wall&filter=2


Photo by Greg Robins.

Yes vandals, Fingal County Council. ALL from the Dublin roundabout to the Rush junction are now GONE! Those from the other side are next. The trees were not thriving is the reason. The Council did not inspect the work of the builders who planted them using rubble. I had our excellent local Garda inspect their authority to cut them all down.
It is the ambush tactics of the Council that I resent most. Not even Councillor Ken Farrell knew in advance of imminent arrival of the tree-cutters. Only the Tidy Town knew in advance. I accept that in time the trees might not survive but their annihilation in one go was not the right tactic. The Council state they will replace the trees in Lusk but not on the decimated verge. Apparently have no belief in informing the locals through local media like the North County Leader of their intentions. So the workers must face the ire of the locals left with no defense other than ring the Council. The same Banker/Boss attitude extends to both the staff and to us, the customers.
Interesting is the question as to how much the destruction might effect the value of property prices for the Property Tax!

Kumsheen

Robert Hand wrote: »

Yes vandals, Fingal County Council. ALL from the Dublin roundabout to the Rush junction are now GONE! Those from the other side are next. The trees were not thriving is the reason. The Council did not inspect the work of the builders who planted them using rubble. I had our excellent local Garda inspect their authority to cut them all down.
It is the ambush tactics of the Council that I resent most. Not even Councillor Ken Farrell knew in advance of imminent arrival of the tree-cutters. Only the Tidy Town knew in advance. I accept that in time the trees might not survive but their annihilation in one go was not the right tactic. The Council state they will replace the trees in Lusk but not on the decimated verge. Apparently have no belief in informing the locals through local media like the North County Leader of their intentions. So the workers must face the ire of the locals left with no defense other than ring the Council. The same Banker/Boss attitude extends to both the staff and to us, the customers.
Interesting is the question as to how much the destruction might effect the value of property prices for the Property Tax!

So they were planted in rubble in the first place? I can't say i'm surprised by this. Just another example of the sh*t quality work carried out all over the country in the last 20 years, and allowed to happen. Nobody is ever accountable so why would you even bother doing a job properly?:mad:

LeoB

Terrible to see this happen but what I can say is these trees were going to be a problem in 10-15 years if they did survive just like they were in Rush.

Look at the damage the trees on the Main St and Channel Rd in Rush have done because just like Lusk they were the wrong variety, not enough space and the roots have lifted up the path in places and made walking in parts difficult for elderly people or people pushing buggies..

Would a nice little park along the by-pass with a few seats not be a better option?

seagull

The bad guys in this case are not so much the council, as the developers. It was a joint project between the developers of Dun Emer, Chapel Farm and Lusk Village to put in the bypass and plant the trees. They're the ones who took the shortcut of dumping their builders rubble where it shouldn't have gone, and then planting trees in it.

When they first started cutting them, it was the odd one here and there. At that stage, I, along with many others, assumed that they were being cut down due to disease. That was until we saw that they were all coming out.

There's a thread on neighbours.ie about it.

CorsendonkX

Topic discussed at last month's area meeting.

http://www.fingalcoco.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/118893

Full technical explanation at 1.37 in.

Points at poor communication between the council and local councillors.

micraX

fingal coco put this on fb when i asked about it



UPDATE IN RELATION TO REMOVAL OF TREES ON LUSK BYPASS.

Fingal County Council has known for a number of years that the trees on the Lusk By-Pass have been in serious decline. They were planted approximately 8 years ago and since initial planting the trees that were planted on the ‘roadside margin’ have struggled significantly. We have been monitoring their growth pattern over the last 4 years particularly and had serious concerns as they had stopped growing, appeared to be suffering from drought and showed decaying canker on their bark. During dry summer of 2013 almost 50 of them had actually died.

The situation came to a head in late September this year when 12 trees were vandalised. When the council’s specialised tree crew went to remove the damaged trees they were amazed to find that the trees were so poorly rooted that the vandals were able to simply push the trees over and it was with regret that we made the decision to take the remaining trees out.

When the trees were removed it became obvious why they were so poorly rooted. The entire length of the roadside margin is on a gravel bed primarily due to the amount of services along the road. Therefore there is simply not enough soil to sustain adequate tree growth in this area. The trees on the other side of the footpath have thrived and are perfectly healthy.

This road was built by contract on behalf of a consortium of developers. It is not uncommon for soil quality to be poor in newly constructed roadside margins, but it is rare to have such a high tree failure rate. It is unfortunate that we have inherited such a situation, and we regret that our actions seem drastic, but we want to avoid watching the remaining roadside margin trees deteriorate and ultimately die. We strongly feel that the poor condition of the trees has detracted from the aesthetic look of the by–pass and ultimately will have a negative effect on future Tidy Towns judging.

Fingal County Councils ‘Tree Policy’ requires us to replant every tree that is removed. As there are already a significant amount of trees in the outer margins of the distributer road it is our intention not to re-plant trees into this poor roadside margin soil. However, we will re-plant elsewhere where the trees will adequately root and grow to maturity and fully contribute to the visual amenity of Lusk village. There is opportunity to replant a portion of the overall amount along the road or adjacent in nearby open spaces. In the coming weeks the stumps will be removed, the grass margins will be seeded and significant tree planting will begin over this coming winter.

In summary, as a total of 391 trees have been removed (70 of which were dead or vandalised, a further 100 in immediate decline and the remainder having a life span of approximately another 3-4 yrs), the replacement planting will be carried out over the next three to four years as part of a scheduled planting programme. We are currently preparing a tree planting plan for the village of Lusk and are happy to liaise with any residents groups that would like additional tree planting in their area. While we will not be in a position to re-plant all that were removed in the last few weeks this coming winter, we will frontload a considerable amount in this upcoming planting season. We also have a good working relationship with Lusk Tidy Towns and are liaising fully with the committee on all future planting in the village.
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Wishbone Ash

I just noticed on Monday last that the trees planted in the large brown boxes along Main Street in Rush have been cut down. Anyone know why? (I think they were planted by the Tidy Towns Committee but I'm open to correction).

micraX

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I just noticed on Monday last that the trees planted in the large brown boxes along Main Street in Rush have been cut down. Anyone know why? (I think they were planted by the Tidy Towns Committee but I'm open to correction).

I read something about that before either here or on fb that it wasn't practical to have trees growing in wooden boxes on the side of the road. Makes sense really, was a bit of a stupid idea.