Overgrown trees in Kepayan trimmed by City Hall workers
Published on: Thursday, July 02, 2020
By: Sidney Skinner
Landscaping personnel clearing the trimmings.
City Hall staff has attended to the trees growing on a road shoulder in Taman Kepayan Ridge.This follows a rate-payer’s observations that the trees on the verge in this section were overgrown.
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He also expressed concern about the traffic hazards posed by the falling branches and leaves whenever it rained heavily.
The resident provided Hotline with the location of the stretch which was forwarded to the agency.
A City Hall spokesman said its personnel went to the neighbourhood on the same day that the agency became made aware of this problem.
“Our workers pruned the trees on the verges. They also cleared the undergrowth along the pavement,” he said.
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“The trees growing in the common areas are trimmed as and when it becomes necessary to do so.”
He urged the public to report any irregularities with the greenery growing on the pavement directly to City Hall so that action can be taken to deal with these matters.
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“Our staff have also been instructed to periodically keep an eye on the condition of the greenery growing in the common area to ensure that this problem does not recur
City Hall staff in the midst of pruning one of the overgrown trees.
LIAM of Kepayan said the verge near his house looked unkempt as no action had been taken to trim trees there in some time. He said some sections of Lorong 3G were poorly illuminated even though the streetlights were functioning.
“The brightness of the lights is blocked by the overgrown branches,” he said.
“One gets an eerie feeling when driving or walking on the road at night because only patches of the stretch are lit.”
He feared that unscrupulous parties might take advantage of the situation to carry out misdeeds in the neighbourhood.
Liam hoped the local authorities would act to trim the trees before there was a break in or any road user, including pedestrians, came to harm.
“This creates a bad impression of the neighbourhood, especially in the eyes of those visiting the area for the first time.
He also bemoaned the nuisance created by those branches which hung down low over the stretch.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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