\n Trees surgeons also carried out the pollarding in 2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pruning process involves dead branches and leaves being removed to ensure the long-term overall health of the tree.\n<\/p>\n
\n The city council has been asked for comment.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman said in 2019: \u201cThese willow trees have historically undergone the practice of pollarding.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOnce this cycle has begun, it is important to regularly maintain these to the previous pruning points as branches can grow back weaker.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe work currently being undertaken is based on the health and safety implications in the trees\u2019 surroundings.\n<\/p>\n
\n Craig Blood pollarding trees in Oxford (Image: Andy Ffrench)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOxford Direct Services has undertaken consultation with local ward councillors and nearby residents, who have been made aware that these works were required.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2006 families on Osney Island lost a battle to save 12 willow trees lining the river in the street. Council officials said it was a safety issue.\n<\/p>\n
\n There have apparently been no protests so far this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pollarding in Oxford (Image: Andy Ffrench)\n<\/p>\n
\n A resident who lives nearby on a narrowboat on the Thames said: “The street will certainly be a lot lighter when this work is completed.\n<\/p>\n
\n “And East Street does have an issue with all the leaves falling onto the road.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I think the contractors used to have a system of cutting back alternate trees but they don’t do that now – possibly for cost reasons.”\n<\/p>\n
\n A member of the team working in East Street said the work was carried out every few years for safety reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pollarding operation is taking place this week in East Street, Osney Island. Staff working for Complete Tree…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-297667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}