Bum Tree: Shoalhaven City Council under fire again

Sept. 4, 2014, 5:17 p.m.

SOUTH COAST: The iconic Bum Tree was cut down to improve sight lines. Now safety signs block the view.

BEFORE: The Bum Tree on Gerroa Road.

IT MAY have gone quiet for six months since its removal but it appears the demise of the iconic Bum Tree may come back to haunt Shoalhaven City Council.

Council came under fire in March for removing the 45-metre, 400-year-old blackbutt as part of black spot funding to widen Gerroa Road at the intersection with Beach Road.

Council cited safety reasons and in particular line of sight at the intersection as one of the major reasons for the removal of the tree.

Council has again come under the spotlight, now for its placement of signs near the location of the once famous tree.

AFTER: Shoalhaven City Council said the removal of the iconic Bum Tree was to improve the line of sight at the intersection of Gerroa and Beach roads, yet has now placed a speed zone and wildlife zone sign in the same area.

A 100km speed sign and an injured wildlife sign have been erected at the spot, which according to Concerned Residents Group of Gerringong member Debra Moore now block motorists vision at the intersection.

Shoalhaven City Council, after cutting the trees down to improve sightlines, has now erected two signs that impede vision at the intersection, Ms Moore said.

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