City hacks indigenous trees on the M4
A resident is up in arms after she claims to have witnessed municipal workers destroying indigenous trees along the M4 in uMhlanga.
AN uMhlanga resident is outraged by what she calls the destruction of indigenous trees along the M4 off Lighthouse Road.
Michelle Eriksson said she was horrified by the ‘willy-nilly’ culling by Department of Transport employees. According to her, the workers had hacked down dozens of indigenous trees. The group has been cutting trees and vegetation along the highway since Thursday last week.
“It is absolutely terrible, as we only have a few indigenous trees left in uMhlanga. It is unacceptable that people are simply hacking down these trees without having any idea what species they are,” she said.
Eriksson said she had confronted the workers, but they denied cutting any indigenous trees.
When the Northglen News investigated the issue, one of the workers also denied the accusation and insisted they were only cutting foreign trees.
The employee, who did not want to be named, said they had been contracted to trim the vegetation along the busy road to discourage vagrants from using the small pocket of bush.
uMhlanga ward councillor, Heinz de Boer, has been asked to investigate the claims.
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