Southwark Council street tree department

[Sue]

Why do the street  tree people turn up on the day they are going to actually do  work on a tree, say they need to park their large  vehicle in three adjacent free car spaces, and then expect to be able to immediately find the owners of every nearby car???

And then if they do by luck manage to find one, expect them to move their car somewhere else even though every other space  in the road is taken? And even if that would  leave only one car space, which they can't actually use anyway because they can't find the owners of the other two cars parked next to it?

Is it beyond the wit of the tree department to put a communication through the door of nearby houses a week (say)  in advance asking them to save three  spaces on the day? 

And even providing cones to do so?

I hate to think how much time must be wasted on this.

And now, the tree people have come back on another day and seem to be managing to do the work anyway even though there are still no parking spaces near the tree 🙄 

Edited November 19, 2025 by Sue

[Earl Aelfheah]

The ‘tree people’ conjures up a very Tolkienesque image.

Edited November 19, 2025 by Earl Aelfheah

[Sue]

On 19/11/2025 at 14:36, Earl Aelfheah said:

The ‘tree people’ conjures up a very Tolkienesque image.

The people cutting the lovely silver birch definitely had nothing Tolkienesque  about them 🤣