TEMPORARY traffic lights will be installed in Redditch from next Monday to Friday, October 21 to 28 while tree works are carried out.
The signals will be active on Warwick Highway, at the roundabout with Claybrook Drive.
The Pitcheroak Woods car park will also be closed for the next three weeks between October 28 and November 15. This is due to work being carried out on trees in Pitcheroak and Foxlydiate Woods between November 4 and 11.
The works are being carried out under Redditch Borough Council’s long-term Woodland Management Plan, established across 168 hectares of woodland in 1995. They enable the authority to manage the potential risk associated with the condition of Redditch’s countless trees and their proximity to roads, paths, and properties.
Redditch Borough Council’s portfolio holder for Environmental Services, Coun Sharon Harvey, said: “We all love how green Redditch is. That’s no accident and, thanks to the long-term management plan that the town has been following for nearly 30 years now, we can help keep it that way.
“Public safety is key of course, but the bigger picture is ensuring sustainability for future generations.
“Thank you for your patience as our staff and contractors get on with this latest work.”
The plan aims to create more natural woodlands which are better able to regenerate themselves organically over time, making them more sustainable.
And the scheme aims to pay for itself by using Forestry Commission grants and selling removed timber, reducing how much council tax it would otherwise cost to safely maintain the town’s wealth of local woodlands.
Redditch Borough Council leader, Coun Joe Baker, added: “Redditch is famous for being green and as a council we are proud to continue to promote sustainable, long-term strategies that keep it that way.”
