00:00 I'd like the council to come and take these trees down in this close.
00:02 We have four big trees.
00:04 This is for me the major tree.
00:06 It's outside my house, but there's three more trees within.
00:09 People living on Moira Close have said
00:11 redwood trees are damaging their properties and have called on the council to take them down.
00:17 Alan Reynolds has lived on the road for over 30 years.
00:21 He complained to Luton Borough Council after he noticed issues with the trees roots.
00:27 It's been ongoing, as I said,
00:29 cracking in the actual pavement has been there for some time,
00:33 but it's just got worse over the 18, 24 months to a degree where I rang the council,
00:41 they came down and just filled it with tarmac within five minutes.
00:45 So that's for me is not brilliant, something I need addressing.
00:52 And the roots of the tree is the major problem here.
00:55 Underneath my property, pulling up my block paving,
00:59 not so much the height for the tree is what's going on underneath.
01:03 So this could well be well in excess of underneath my house at the moment as we
01:08 speak, unless we have a specialist down to determine where the roots are.
01:13 It's a whole close problem and I'd like something done about it urgently.
01:19 Redwoods are native to California and can grow up to 250 feet tall.
01:24 This is concerning those who live along here,
01:26 as they say the trees are blocking out light coming into their homes.
01:31 Luton Borough Council was approached for comment.
01:35 I'd like them taken down.
01:36 It's their responsibility.
01:38 They've admitted that they're on their land.
01:40 They come here and they cut the grass on a regular basis.
01:44 Someone ain't just turned up here 20 years ago and decided to put these trees in.
01:49 It must have been the decision from the council that's come down to say,
01:53 well, put them trees in that close.
01:54 I would like the trees taken down.
01:56 And I think that's pretty much the
02:00 problem from all the residents in this close.
02:03 And I believe that's the what they want happening here as well.
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