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MONTE VISTA: PITCH CANKER DISEASE
Dead pine trees cut down
Maskerade vier matriekkuns
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everal pine trees have been removed from parks in the Monte Vista area, due to the danger they pose. Kelvin Irvine, team leader for parks at the Monte Vista and Plattekloof Glen Ratepayers’ Association, told TygerBurger that most of the trees has pitch canker disease. In December last year this newspaper reported on a poplar tree which had fallen over, nearly crashing onto the roof of a nearby primary school (“Tree causes roadblock”, 04/120). The fallen tree was not the first incident of its kind, Irvine said at the time. Back then several other trees had been identified also to be cut down, before they too fall down. “Trees have been cut down for a number of years already across the Western Cape,” he says. The last batch of trees in Monte Vista was cut down on Tuesday 3 March. The trees were located at Diaz Park. Irvine says he suspects about five trees were removed. “The trees were dead. They had pitch canker which is affecting pine trees all over the Western Cape and if you keep your eyes open you will see the dead black trees all over. “Many may have seen that the skyline of Tygerberg Hills has been
“The trees are big and the branches can snap off at any moment, and the trees and branches can blow off in strong winds”.
altered as they had to do the same and remove all dead pine trees. “I think they are now all gone. “The trees are big and the branches can snap off at any moment, and the trees and branches can blow off in strong winds,” Irvine explains. He says more trees might still be removed in Monte Vista as there a few that are dying, and eventually all pine trees will become infected and will require felling. TygerBurger is still waiting on comment from the City of Cape Town’s recreation and parks department.
Die jaarlikse Art Bizarre is verlede Vrydagaand by die Tygerberg-kunssentrum gehou. Die geleentheid vier die opening van die matriekuitstalling, wat ook jaarliks hier gehou word. Carla Jacobson van Parow het die geleentheid bygewoon. Vanjaar se tema was “maskerade”. Sien meer foto’s op bladsy 6. FOTO: GREG LAWSON
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