I AM writing on behalf of a suffering sycamore tree growing (just about) near the Holton Road/Bassett Park entrance gate.

There appears to be some technical device regarding traffic monitoring in direct eye-line with this tree. Rather than re-site said device and because the tree’s abundant and beautiful leaf canopy blocks the views of this piece of equipment, the tree is constantly pollarded quite severely.

Once again having struggled to reproduce its glorious foliage I see with a heavy heart that again it has suffered the dire fate of previous weeks.

Please re-site the offending monitor so that this constant struggle on the part of “our” tree ceases, and it is allowed to produce the glorious leafy canopy as before.

If you have ever seen the beautiful tree as it should be, in all its splendour, you will understand – a delight and a tonic to lift the spirits.

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