Highway Trees
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Our Aim:
To undertake any tree work necessary to ensure people and vehicles can move freely and safely on the public highway.
To help improve the environment and retain Sheffield's green heritage.
To ensure all tree work is undertaken in accordance with the relevant legislation and best practice.
Facts & Figures
We are responsible for the management and maintenance of 35,000 trees located on the adopted highway.
We provide a 24 hour 365 days per year call out service in response to tree related emergencies affecting the highway as a result of accident or gale damage.
We planted 350 replacement trees on the adopted highway in the 2007/2008 financial year.
What we do
We carry out routine safety inspections of highway trees.
We manage and maintain the trees to help ensure they remain in a healthy and safe condition thus minimising the risk of accidents, damage or disruption to the highway.
We carry out replacement tree planting where trees have to be removed as a result of safety considerations or gale damage.
We also carry out arboricultural work for other Council service areas.
What kind of work do we carry out
To ensure the trees are safe and do not cause a hazard to the public, maintenance work has to be prioritised on a Health and Safety basis.
We undertake work in the following situations:
- Uprooting/fallen trees
- Structurally unsound trees
- Broken, hanging or fallen branches
- Trees proven to be implicated in subsidence/insurance claims
- Dead, dying or diseased trees
- Trees obscuring traffic signs or signals
- Low branches obscuring the highway or footpath
- Tree obscuring sight lines on the highway
- Branches touching property
What kind of work we cannot carry out
Work cannot be carried out at the present time in the following circumstances:
- Branches overhanging property
- Trees that are considered to be too large
- Falling leaves or fruit
- Falling blossom or sap
- Trees blocking light or causing shade
Emergencies
We provide a 24 hour 365 days per year call out service in response to tree related emergencies affecting the highway as a result of accident or gale damage.
We respond to the majority of emergency situations within 2 hours.
Trees we do not maintain
We are not responsible for the management and maintenance of trees at the following locations:
- Parks and Countryside – please telephone (0114) 2500500
- Sheffield Homes land (Council housing estates) – please telephone (0114) 2930000
- School grounds – please contact the school direct or telephone (0114) 2735621
- Private gardens – contact the house/land owner direct
- Commercial premises – contact the property/land owner direct
How You Can Help
Please report any problems to our helpline on (0114) 273 4567, or you can contact Street Force by mini-com (for hard of hearing people), fax, letter, email or online.
Whichever way you choose to contact us, if possible, please tell us:
- What the problem is
- The exact location of the tree e.g. outside No 15 Blank Street
- Please leave a contact number in case we need to contact you about your enquiry
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