P-05-801 Save the trees and ground in Roath Mill and Roath Brook Gardens before it's too late
P-05-801 Save the trees and ground in Roath Mill and Roath Brook Gardens before it's too late
This
petition was submitted by Tamsin Davies having collected 8,700 signatures on
paper and another petition website.
Text of Petition
As
local residents, we believe that the planned flood works in Roath Mill Gardens
and Roath Brook Gardens in Penylan, Cardiff are unnecessarily destructive.
We
have seen the devastation of Waterloo Gardens and oppose Phase 3 of Natural
Resources Wales' Roath Flood Scheme, which will widen the brook in Roath Mill
and Roath Brook Gardens and see the felling of over 30 trees in an area where
there has never been any flooding in the past.
We
want to save the trees and ground in Roath Mill Gardens and Roath Brook Gardens
in order to preserve the character of the area, minimise ecological damage and
protect the habitats of our local wildlife.
We
believe that Natural Resources Wales have not properly considered all options
available, have misled the public with inaccurate figures during their
consultation period and that it is, in fact unnecessary to bulldoze park
grounds in order to widen the channel of the brook and remove mature trees in
the process.
We call on the Welsh
Government to urge National Resources Wales to stop work at Roath Mill and
Roath Brook Gardens and consider the other viable options available to mitigate
the perceived flood risk to this area.
A wood
Status
This petition was considered
completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 23/07/2020.
On the basis that the
campaigners have succeeded in their aim to have the flood risk reassessed prior
to any work further being done in the park, and as Natural Resources Wales does
not intend to undertake further work at the current time, the Committee agreed
that there is no further action that it can take before the end of this Senedd
term. The Committee congratulated the petitioners on their success and
closed the petition.
In doing so, Members agreed
to write to urge Natural Resources Wales to share their reassessment of the
final phase of the Roath Flood Scheme with the petitioners at the earliest
convenience.
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It was first considered by
the Petitions Committee on 27/02/2018.
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 21/02/2018