7:40am Saturday 16th May 2009
The Mayor of London is using money from the scrapped Londoner Newspaper to plant thousands of trees across London, including in parts of Croydon.
During his election campaign, Mayor Boris Johnson promised to fund 10,000 street trees in areas where they will most help to improve people’s quality of life. The first 1,500 trees are already being planted in 20 locations across the capital.
To further his pledge to make London a more pleasant place to live, Johnson has extended the scheme to include an additional 40 areas across 32 boroughs.
It is expected that 100 to 400 trees will be planted in chosen locations across every priority area, so by registering online, residents in Croydon will increase the chances of their streets getting some welcome greenery.
The second application round will open in June which will result in trees being planted from November to March 2010.
Organisations applying for grants will be encouraged to involve the local people in planting, tending and looking after the street trees.
More information on how to bid for funding – which is a different process to registering an interest in having a tree – is available from ltwgs.org.
The Mayor also wants to encourage the 500,000 people living in priority areas who want trees outside their house to register their interest online at london.gov.uk/streettrees.
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