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They're off the rails

• The problem of noise and dirt from the track is not unique to the residents of Broadfield (Rail crash fears mean estate loses battle to save trees, March 2).
Near Birmingham I have seen a tall fence – some six metres high at least – on one side of the rail track, behind which are growing an even taller (perhaps 12 metres) row of coniferous trees. These were evidently put in place to deal with the same problem. So, a better solution to the one currently proposed by Camden and Network Rail is certainly possible.
I cannot believe that a hedge of two metres height will provide adequate protection for the residents.
I have not entirely given up on the possibility that the poplars may yet be saved. This business should serve as a wake-up call to all the residents of Camden.
Magnus Nielsen
Finchley Road, NW3

• By the time anyone reads this letter it will probably be too late to save our 30 beautiful trees in West Hampstead that face the axe.
The trees have been there since the 1950s and provide a natural barrier to protect residents from the railway. They are green and glorious and they transform our estate in summer and are certainly no more dangerous than trees in the park.
It was made very clear from the start when Network Rail swept through our estate that the company regarded them as a maintenance liability. It was perhaps difficult to have confidence when an engineer announced that all the poplars would be removed – regardless of any investigation. We know from the aboricultural report that more than one third of the trees have ‘no disease proven’ yet there are also bushes being removed – more pointless destruction.
Network Rail have chosen to ignore the report which states that: “With careful selection it will be possible to retain a limited amount of vegetation in the area.
“This may help to appease residents by retaining a partial screen.”
Network Rail have also refused to answer questions regarding their policy of spraying herbicides in a residential area, which affects wildlife.
E McNally
Broadhurst Gardens, NW6

Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@camdennewjournal.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.
 
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