We asked the county council's Clean and Green team, along with the senior tree officer, to consider the issues reported by residents and following a site meeting earlier this week they reported back as follows:
Hi Rob,
I held a site meeting with one of our Tree
Inspectors. Please find below our conclusions:
We have inspected the area of concern and while some defects
were noted on several trees, none were considered to require urgent attention
at present. The area is inspected regularly as part of the councils highway
tree inspection and we will continue to inspect in line with these procedures
and any significant defects will be noted and acted upon, whether the tree is
on DCC land or private land.
It was noticed on the inspection that the public footpath
was difficult to walk down due to the vegetation and I will raise the overhead
branches along the path.
Regards,
This response has been relayed to residents for their comments.
In relation to this matter we have received confirmation from the council's traffic asset engineer that highway improvement works, including a scheme to install traffic-calming measures, are scheduled to be carried out at this location during the summer months.
These works will include the reinstatement of highway markings, vegetation clearance, signage maintenance and replacement and other measures recommended in the traffic management review carried out last year by Durham Constabulary and the county council's highways section (please see posts dated Friday 22 February 2019, Thursday 24 January 2019 and Friday 9 November 2018 for additional information).
