Allanton man Tony Bremner beside his truck he said was damaged by trees the DCC allowed to grow dangerously close to Portobello Rd. PHOTO: CHRISTINE O'CONNORA Dunedin truck driver says he faced a choice between ploughing into oncoming traffic or driving into trees on Portobello Rd last week. His Mainfreight truck was 4.2m high, but the Dunedin City Council had only trimmed trees overhanging Portobello and Harington Point Rds to 3m above the ground, he said. Council acting parks and recreation group manager Robert West said in a statement the council aimed to trim trees on roadsides so that branches were at least 4.5m back from the road. Otago Peninsula Community Board chairman Paul Pope said vegetation too close to Peninsula roads had been a problem for several years.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 15, 2018 16:55 UTC