Traffic chaos as downed tree blocks Northbourne

This’ll give them more ammo in their quest to get rid of all trees. High winds and the increasingly wind-tunnel nature of Civic is not a good combo for trees.

Deref said :

Those trees come down with monotonous regularity. Is that variety particularly prone to being shallow-rooted?

I don’t think so – from my work on Maxine Cooper’s tree advisory panel I recall the horticulturalists saying it has come about due to the frequent irrigation of the grass – the roots never needed to go deep to find water. You can see a lot of them rocking in the ground during winds. They will continue to come down with every storm.

I guess that is why the government isn’t so concerned about the public transport priority project recommending reconfiguring the whole corridor and losing the trees – because they are all going to go anyway sooner or later.

Those trees come down with monotonous regularity. Is that variety particularly prone to being shallow-rooted?

Lucky it didn’t hit a car and/or kill someone. I know we are the bush capital but gee some of these trees are dangerous.

They’re making way for light rail.. one tree at a time

and it’s open again. It took the firies less than 15 minutes to chop it up and clear it away.