A visibly prominent tree in Stone’s Westbridge Park is to be removed next month after it was determined to be suffering from ‘Shaggy Bracket Fungus’ disease.
The prominent Ash tree is located on the grassy bank that leads down from the football pitches down to the lower car park by the lower meadow. The tree has been diagnosed with Inonotus Hispidus – a disease better known as ‘shaggy bracket fungus’ which attacks the interior of the wood causing the tree to become brittle and leads to fractures in the trunk. Without the work, the tree is at risk of an unpredicted failure causing it to collapse.
Work to fell the tree is likely to begin next week, Monday 2nd August and is expected to take two days.
Nearly 950 trees on the site have been surveyed by Stafford Borough Council recently.
Wood that can be saved from felled trees has been used to support the riverbank, opposite the park’s Stafford and Stone Canoe Club, to reduce the effects of erosion.
