City Planning from Hell Goes on: Tree Vandalism by Kakapo2
-The horror goes on. Not that they demolish the well-loved overbridges of City Mall and build a service lane right through the pedestrian zone. Remarkably on Arbor Day workers cut six mature trees in Cashel Mall, in front of the Ballantyne?s warehouse. I could not believe my eyes when I saw this legally allowed act of vandalism. The City Council only apoligised for the bad choice of day, not for cutting down the trees.
Somebody suggested to cut down the trees of Hagley Park, so we get an unobstructed view through the park to Riccarton. It would be laughable, were it not so, so sad.
You should have seen the lots of people enjoying to sit on the seats under the trees in their lunch breaks, enjoying the heat of summer days in the shade of the canopies. Now they are gone because we obviously need this traffic lane to make the inner city more attractive ? for whom? And we can admire the concrete facades of the surrounding buildings. And we will certainly enjoy the pedestrian zone more when we cannot just stroll around any longer but look out for cars and risk being hit by a car. What act of stupidity!
