Traffic Chaos in Perry Street, Chislehurst

Saturday 15th February saw traffic chaos in Perry Street, Chislehurst. The road was closed as a result of one of the large cedar trees in Barts Hospital Sports Ground remaining (relatively) upright due only to the strength of a concrete post that it was leaning on. Were the concrete post to give way or the tree to shift, the tree was tall enough to fall across both lanes of the main road.

Although cedars are prone to drop branches in high winds, a whole tree coming down is less of an occurrence. However, with the saturated ground that these trees sit in, it is unsurprising that one of these cedars was leaning over. Here at Village News we're surprised that it was only one; given the storms we were suffering in February it could have been the whole row.
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