{"id":48303,"date":"2013-10-20T19:41:05","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T09:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=48303"},"modified":"2020-09-09T17:17:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T07:17:05","slug":"petition-launched-to-save-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/10\/20\/petition-launched-to-save-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition Launched To Save Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greens branch secretary Grant Newson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 20, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greens spokesman – and Brooklands resident – Grant Newson has launched a petition in a bid to stop the South Burnett Regional Council removing an avenue of camphor laurel trees as part of its streetscaping revamp of the Nanango CBD.<\/p>\n

The trees, which line Henry Street (the D’Aguilar Highway) near the bowling club, have been earmarked by council to be replaced with an avenue of deciduous trees planted to form a southern entrance to the town that will change colour with the seasons.<\/p>\n

At a meeting in August where the plans for the upgrade were unveiled, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann admitted the proposal to remove the camphor laurels may be contentious.<\/p>\n

southburnett.com.au<\/strong> understands they are causing damage to underground infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Mr Newson, who stood for The Greens for the State seat of Nanango and the Federal seat of Maranoa, said he believed the trees would be removed before Christmas.<\/p>\n

“This is 100 per cent a local Council-related issue. The only part Main Roads has in this is to receive a Road Corridor Permit application for when works are proposed to be carried out – just to ensure flow of traffic,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Newson has started his petition on Change.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

By 7:30pm on Sunday (October 20), it had received 40 signatures.<\/p>\n

Camphor laurels – which are native to Asia – are a declared Class 3 pest plant in Queensland. Class 3 plants cannot be sold and their\u00a0removal is recommended. Landholders can\u00a0be required to remove Class 3 plants if they live next to\u00a0environmentally significant areas such as national parks\u00a0or reserves.<\/p>\n