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Network Rail has finally agreed to fully replant our green corridor with native trees and vowed to protect them moving forward. Seeing these tracks bloom again will mean the world to our neighborhood after all the damage they caused. We have won this fight and I am keeping a very …

July 17, 2013

Stop Network Rail Cutting Down Trees

Stop Network Rail Cutting Down Trees

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Started by Steven Surname 17 years, 6 months ago
SAVE BROCKLEY’S GREEN CORRIDOR **please sign with your road or postcode in the comments** Last December, Network Rail destroyed one of Brockley’s green corridors, and part of the London Metropolitan Green Belt (see http://www2.lewisham.gov.uk/lbl/planning/udp/maps/mapfr039.html marked as “green corridor OS5”). Pictures can be seen here: http://olifreke.co.uk/NetworkRail/before.png http://olifreke.co.uk/NetworkRail/after.png This has resulted in the devastation of a beautiful urban landscape, the pointless annihilation of wildlife habitat, loss of privacy for those living beside the line and increased levels of noise and vibration. As you can see from the above images, our green corridor is now anything but green. Furthermore, the only consultation with the neighbours came in the form of a “round-robin” letter from Network Rail announcing their intention to ‘selectively and sensitively’ remove vegetation from the embankment. In fact they chopped down and poisoned every single tree along the line! We would like to ask for your support to demand that Network Rail redress their act of corporate vandalism and restore Brockley’s beautiful green corridor. Please sign our petition to: •Demand Network Rail replant our green corridor with mature native mixed deciduous and evergreen trees: birch, yew, oak, blackthorns etc., depending upon the soil on the embankment. •Obtain Network Rail’s assurance that these trees won’t be chopped down and poisoned again when they mature. •Demand Network Rail revise their negligent and dishonest neighbourhood “engagement” policy to prevent this from happening again. We know that Network Rail regularly destroy wildlife habitats beside miles of railway lines all over the UK (see links below), but we won’t let them get away with it in Brockley! **PLEASE SIGN WITH YOUR ROAD NAME OR POSTCODE IN THE COMMENTS, OTHERWISE IT DOESN'T COUNT!!! THANX**

Updates

May 9, 2013

Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of the trees we lost and why fighting for this green corridor matters so much to our neighborhood. It is clear that I am not the only one grieving the loss of our quiet, leafy border. We have finally built the kind of pressure that forces a real conversation with those who tore it all down.

Reached 100 supporters

May 9, 2013

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Anonymous
10 years ago Featured

Network rail must be honest about their motives . It is not safety but cost cutting that is driving the destruction of mature vegetation. Network Rail must also become accountable - at the moment they are exempt from common legal responsibilities that businesses are not.

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Elena Hunt
17 years ago Featured

Used to be lovely looking out the back window. Now it is just a muddy mess. Fix this please.

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Jo Acosta
17 years ago Featured

Where is the wildlife supposed to go now? They destroyed a whole habitat for nothing.

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David Hughes
17 years ago Featured

SE4 1BJ. They told us it was for safety but that is just a lie to cover up lazy maintenance. Absolute disgrace.

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Sarah Harris
17 years ago Featured

The noise since they did this is unbelievable. SE4 2QE. You can hear every single train now and it looks absolutely awful.

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Mark Hayes
17 years ago Featured

TOTAL VANDALISM. Why did they have to kill everything? There was no need to strip the whole bank bare like that.

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