Tree felling for Ash Dieback on minor roads around Linlithgow will bring some disruption over the next two months.
West Lothian’s countryside officers have put together a felling programme on sites ranging from Eccelesmachan to Bathgate with traffic control or partial road closures ranging from one to four days.
While the felling is along mainly B and C roads many of these are considered primary routes for locals heading into or out of Linlithgow, including the C19 route from Beecraigs to Dechmont which will be closed for four days from Monday, January 13.
In all, seven sites surrounding Linlithgow will see work, starting next week, at the B9080 at Kingscavil on December 2.
During July to September, the cyclical Ash Dieback surveying was undertaken by the council’s Trees and Woodland Team. At that time over 5000 trees were resurveyed to determine the progress of the disease. This covered B, C and U roads as well as open space / urban trees.
Felling and safety works began in mid-October in open space/urban areas, with roadside work to follow over the winter. Updates can be found on the council’s website.
West Lothian Council continues to survey and monitor ash trees across the county both on council land and on private land where trees are within falling distance of a council asset.
Surveying takes place predominantly in the summer at present surveying has been undertaken on the whole adopted road network.
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