Did anyone see this.... Very expensive tree!!

[Olliebradbury]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7362363.stm

[Olliebradbury]

£750,000.00

[Joe Newton]

Fascinating!

[difflock]

About time!

[Olliebradbury]

I would also like to add that I went to my old school yesterday (kings ely) for my little sisters parents evening... After speaking to the headmistress about 2 huge London plane trees in the schools grounds apparently the Local Tree officer has in forced a rule that no one is allowed to walk within a 20feet radius of the Canopy's over hang!!

 

This is the tree it's massive:

 

http://www.treetree.co.uk/ely-plane.html

 

http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/gbr/england/cambridgeshire/2299_bishopspalace/

[Paul Jenks]

I would also like to add that I went to my old school yesterday (kings ely) for my little sisters parents evening... After speaking to the headmistress about 2 huge London plane trees in the schools grounds apparently the Local Tree officer has in forced a rule that no one is allowed to walk within a 20feet radius of the Canopy's over hang!!

 

This is the tree it's massive:

 

ely-plane

 

London plane in the garden of the Bishop's palace in Ely

 

I'd like to see the piece of legislation he used. Sounds like a power trip to me.

[RobArb]

The article is from 2008:biggrin:

[fagus]

a good step in the right direct. Did he explain what CTI stands for, I cannot see it ,did I miss it.

[Olliebradbury]

The CTI value is the basic value adjusted to take account of the population density and degree of use of the location. It may be multiplied by a factor of up to 250%, or reduced by up to 75% according to these factors