Residents have been left perplexed after mysterious orange marks appeared on trees in their neighbourhood. It was initially feared they had been made to identify trees due to be removed to make way for a new cycle lane in the Heald Green area of Stockport.
Around 40 trees on Wilmslow Road bore the marks - far more than were expected to be lost to the scheme - leading to horrified residents tying ribbons around their trunks as a mark of protest. To date a petition against the felling of trees on Wilmslow Road has attracted more than 1,600 signatures.
The cycle path is being built in connection with Bloor Homes controversial 325-property development on fields previously owned by the Seashell Trust, which was approved on appeal in 2020. But the council says it has not made the markings and, following a recent review, only around a dozen trees are expected to be felled.
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