Trenching or excavation was being done very close to trees, presumably right outside the structural root zone of the trees.
One side of the root zone being cut about 0.5m or 0.6m away from trunk.
Trees appear to be well supported on the opposite of the root cut.
At a certain traffic island, wood chip mulching formed a berm around tree base, and away from base of the trunk.
Trees in tree wells along Cluny road were observed to be felled, the wells backfilled and metal grills removed. The tree closest to Gleneagles Hospital was removed somewhere between Jun 2021 and Oct 2021. The trees in tree wells further back were removed somewhere between Mar 2018 and Nov 2020, according to Google Streetview.
Along Cluny Road, trees that were in tree wells were removed, and the wells backfilled.
Tree wells in another location along Thomson Road were also removed. Two of them between Nov 2019 and Nov 2020, and the rest between Nov 2020 and Mar 2021, according to Google Streetview.
Removed between Nov 2019 and Nov 2020.
Removed between Nov 2020 and Mar 2021
As of Mar 2021. Tree wells were later removed.
Road works were presumably for the North-South korridor.
