Why is it that the council has gone anti-green in Papamoa?
The decimation of the trees in the Topaz Reserve proves beyond doubt that trees are at the end of there agenda. I have heard it is because of break-ins of the residents' houses and the fact that the Police cannot catch the trouble makers! But total decimation isn't the alternative I would have chosen. All they needed was to thin out the bushes instead of 99 per cent removal. Where is our privacy now?
Don't they realize because of climate change and the way overseas destroy whole forests that eco-systems are crumbling? We used too see lots of tuis in the reserve but because of the removal we probably will be lucky to see any.
Not only it is a disgrace, but to me the council has lost all of its green image.
If you would like to see the damage for yourself, please drive to the Opal Drive end of the Topaz Reserve.
G McKenzie, Papamoa.