Update: City Power and City Parks address tree removal issue
The initiative to remove 312 trees along the Parkhurst powerline servitude by Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo is yet to commence.
The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo has responded to questions regarding their project to remove 312 trees in Parkhurst.
This follows an article in the Gazette, Now it’s ‘tree-shedding’ published the week ending October 6.
In response to who planted the trees and when, City Parks media relations assistant Noeleen Mattera said, “The said trees were not planted by the council or any residents’ association but from assessment, the seeds were deposited through either storms or the general stream flow and grew from that point.”
She said the removal of the trees had not commenced. “City Power has applied for the powerline to be isolated to ensure safety once the task takes place. The project will be executed in two phases. The first phase will take up to three to five weeks. Residents in the affected area will be kept updated as well as local media.”
Mattera said it is worth noting that this project ran parallel to another programme which City Power and City Parks began earlier in the year. The project involves trimming trees near power lines across the city. This is because most of the trees interfering with the power transmission lines were inside private homes.
“We notified our residential customers who gave us access to their properties to enable us to reach them for the pruning process.”
The 312 trees in question are interfering with the Delta-Orlando 88kV (kilovolt) power servitude along the Braamfontein Spruit.
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