South Surrey neighbours raise concerns over recent clear-cut
Global News
A clear-cut in the Ocen Park area of South Surrey has nieghbours up in arms
Some South Surrey residents are raising concerns about a recent clear-cut at a property in the Ocean Park area.
Dozens of logs now lie on what used to be a fully-treed property along 15 Avenue.
“The neighbourhood is upset,” said South Surrey resident Cheryl Herbers.
“We understand that things get built, trees have to come down, and sometimes they’re diseased. We get that. We’re realists. But it’s just so sad when nothing even tries to be saved. Maybe they did, but nothing known to me.”
Among the pile of downed trees is one that residents believe was 129 years old.
“The motto here is big trees, not big houses. Literally, zoning has been changed to accommodate that,” said South Surrey resident Sarah Daniels.
“The city of Surrey does not make it easy to cut down trees on individual lots with preexisting homes. And yet, here we are with a lot that has trees that are well over 100 years old, and it seems like in the flash of a pan, they all come down.”
It is a common site to see eagles flying around the Ocean Park nieghbourhood and nesting in the large trees nearby.
