New Street Trees in Highbury Road, Mount Waverley

The trees in Highbury Road (Stephensons Road to Blackburn Road), Mount Waverley, have been nominated for renewal as part of Council’s Street Tree Strategy.

The Street Tree Strategy aims to enhance and preserve Monash’s street tree canopy to ensure it continues to be a source of neighbourhood and city pride. We hope to create engaging and inviting green spaces, encouraging walking, cycling and street activity and delivering tangible benefits to local communities.

Our focus is on preserving trees that are healthy and creating additional planting in local parks and reserves to boost greenery.

We will only be removing and replacing those trees that are dead, dying (with a useful life expectancy of less than two years) or dangerous (they pose a risk to the community in the short term).

Street Tree Assessments

Our arborists have completed individual tree assessments based on the above criteria and in Highbury Road (Stephensons Road to Blackburn Road), Mount Waverley, we are proposing to remove 5 trees and will be planting a total of 19 trees which includes an additional 15 trees in vacant locations.

Replacement Tree Species

A proposed street tree renewal plan including all proposed tree removals, replacements and species choices has been drafted for Highbury Road (Stephensons Road to Blackburn Road), Mount Waverley:

Highbury Road (Stephensons Road to Blackburn Road) - Proposed Tree Renewal Plan(PDF, 2MB)

We will be replacing the trees at these locations with the Acer truncatum x A. platanoides ‘Warrenred’ Pacific Sunset. This species is both suitable for Highbury Road (Stephensons Road to Blackburn Road), Mount Waverley and is in fitting with the character of existing trees along the road..

All trees will be planted between June and September 2021.

Council will be responsible for the care of the new street trees for the first two years as they become established. However our residents can play a vital role in their successful establishment by keeping an eye on them and reporting to Council if they see the tree is not looking well or has been damaged.

The trees will then become part of Council’s annual tree maintenance program, where they will be checked and pruned, if necessary.

More information

For more information, please contact Lucas Skelton, Manager Horticulture, on 9518 3555.