A14 planting woes: Night of the living dead shrubs19/06/2025 National Highways has hit the headlines again over ongoing issues with tree planting on the A14, which have seen hundreds of thousands of saplings die and local residents take matters into their own hands to tackle 'what looks like a desert'. |
Planting for success - Tree planting best practice for highway contractors13/09/2023 Recent stories of half a million dead saplings along the nation’s highways have called into question how contractors handle such ambitious tree planting projects. Peter Stevens of Tubex, a leading tree shelter manufacturer, details best practice. |
National Highways looks ahead with £3m trees deal20/06/2023 National Highways has awarded a nursery in West Sussex a contract worth nearly £3m to supply a future pipeline of young trees. |
Long read: At loggerheads over trees20/04/2023 Highway authorities and construction projects have got into a bit of trouble lately over tree felling to make way for improvement schemes. Chris Ames assesses the collateral damage. |
Council leader to resign over tree felling24/03/2023 Plymouth City Council leader Richard Bingley intends to resign from his position next week, according to the ruling Conservative group. |
Ash dieback could cost councils billions, Tree Council warns15/10/2020 UK local authorities could be facing a bill of billions of pounds as a result of ash dieback disease making trees unsafe near roads and other sensitive areas. |
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