The trees on Cole Avenue are overhanging the footbridge from Podsmead over into Tuffley.

I’ve asked for them to be cut back and will keep pressing the council for action on these.

There is a backlog of tree works due to Covid. The tree team do a good job but I’d like to see more resources allocated to allow them to deal with more cases.

Nearby to the footbridge one of the poplar trees along Cole Avenue came down during the storm the other evening.

Long term we need to look at the safety issues of having tall trees like this along a highway.