Hmmm EA

[Lancs Lad]

Why are 7,000 people fighting to save 'royal' lime trees?

Thousands of residents are fighting to save the century-old lime trees in their part of Lancashire.

www.bbc.co.uk

@JD450A interested to know your thoughts ..

 

[JD450A]

Why are 7,000 people fighting to save 'royal' lime trees?

Thousands of residents are fighting to save the century-old lime trees in their part of Lancashire.

www.bbc.co.uk

@JD450A interested to know your thoughts ..

Rules for ye and not for me.

IF that was you or I there would be absolutely no question that the limes must be protected and loved, cherished and valued above human life.

But the EA are allowed to do s**t like this. They are very young limes.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Rules for ye and not for me.

IF that was you or I there would be absolutely no question that the limes must be protected and loved, cherished and valued above human life.

But the EA are allowed to do s**t like this. They are very young limes.

Yep and happily splurging tax payers money on flood defences. Local folks know that river very well. They ain't stupid.
Sometimes one wonders what drives some of this flood defence stuff...phantom water level rises ...? And the costs are eye watering once again done by the big boys on the gravy train.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

From an ecological point of view they are a pretty wanky easily replaced monoculture that don’t offer masses of habitat value.
From a street-scene point of view they definitely improve an otherwise ugly road, but they also partially block an expansive view across open countryside.
From a heritage point of view, they were planted as a celebration of a coronation, but I doubt any royal has ever seen them or is even aware of their presence.
From a flood-protection point of view they need to go.
From a common-sense point of view I’d imagine reinstating a routine dredging regime would probably preclude any of the works from being necessary….

 

[Lancs Lad]

From an ecological point of view they are a pretty wanky easily replaced monoculture that don’t offer masses of habitat value.
From a street-scene point of view they definitely improve an otherwise ugly road, but they also partially block an expansive view across open countryside.
From a heritage point of view, they were planted as a celebration of a coronation, but I doubt any royal has ever seen them or is even aware of their presence.
From a flood-protection point of view they need to go.
From a common-sense point of view I’d imagine reinstating a routine dredging regime would probably preclude any of the works from being necessary….

Yeah im no tree hugger...far from it
Think it's more the quango rolling in spending £54m raising the flood defences 300mm! Yep 300mm.

 

[JD450A]

Sometimes one wonders what drives some of this flood defence stuff...phantom water level rises ...?

Lidar guided computer modelling, driven by a spotty 20yr old university graduate with very little understanding of reality on the whole.