New Trees for Alexandra Road - at last!

Great news to start the week - after a successful campaign by residents and my ward colleague Glenn Goodall to replace trees that were felled on Alexandra Road, we have learned that 8 new Lime trees will be planted there this week. Officers have told us that the new trees will be replanted using 'best practice' techniques. Obviously this doesn't compensate entirely for the 18 trees that were felled around Redlands - however, we are pleased that the Council has listened to residents and has made preplacing trees in this part of the ward a priority. Glenn has led the campaign to get the Council to protect trees in Redlands and where possible increase the number of trees on our streets across Reading. RBC has developed a draft tree strategy - something the Lib Dems locally have long been calling for.