Please note trees are to be fenced off 'to protect them' between now and 30th December, say the council (not 30th January as in initial update).
We will continue to protect them in whatever way we can.
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far!
We have amended the initial target to £3000 now - to both encourage further donations towards an achievable target and to ensure immediate legal fees incurred to date are covered with enough to address legal costs in January as needed.…
The story made the Daily Mail Online today - see here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14210565/Tree-sitters-shifts-guard-180-oak-stop-felled-council.html
and also today's Yorkshire Post: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/leeds-protestors-camp-through-the-night-to-save-180-year-old-tree-from-being-felled-4917746
PLEASE keep sharing the Crowdfunder - link here: - think networks you are in - friends who care about the environment and trees etc.
Announcement from Leeds City Council made 19th Dec:
'Leeds City Council is prioritising pedestrian safety and is continuing to monitor the condition of Otley Bridge.
The essential repairs to the pedestrian footway will either require Otley Bridge to be reduced to single lane traffic to facilitate pedestrian crossing, or the installation of…