Network Rail and their contractors Martin,  started work as planned yesterday and accomplished a lot.  It was sad to see the poplars go but this was balanced by the fascination of seeing the huge cherry picker being used to get their staff more than 30 meters in the air to take the trees down bit by bit.

It was also quite sobering to find that the first poplar to be taken down to the ground was rotten and therefore very vulnerable to being toppled in high winds – and we always seem to have a storm in the New Year holiday.

Residents of this part of Moray Place are very happy to have the dangerous trees removed and would like to heartily thank Network Rail for talking to us about the problem and then acting to make both the railway and Strathbungo safer.

The hard work for residents starts now.  Winter will be used to plan for planting to start next year.  Hopefully we’ll make Moray Place green, leafy and safe for the future.