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managing trees and crews respond to urgent priority jobs within 24-48 hours or sooner.
(4) See response to 3.
(5) Complaints, feedback and enquiries are received by the ACT Government in many different forms and through various access points. Specific data in response to your question is not readily available and would require considerable resources to complete.
(6) Complaints, feedback and enquiries are received by the ACT Government in many different forms and through various access points. It is not possible to provide this figure as data is not specifically collected on this issue.
Trees—assessments
(Question No 245)
Mr Coe asked the Minister for Transport and City Services, upon notice, on 12 May 2017:
(1) In the media release on the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate’s website titled ‘Crews continue to clean up following January storm’ on 16 February 2017, the Director of City Presentation, Stephen Algeria stated that “...thousands of trees across the urban area sustained damage.” Have all tree assessments initiated due to the storm on 13 January 2017 been completed; if not, how many are outstanding.
(2) Within the press release stated in part (1), the Director of City Presentation, Stephen Algeria also stated that “...the extent of the damage may impact on the completion of other less urgent tree-related enquiries and works.” Have all other less urgent tree-related enquiries and works that were rescheduled as lower priorities been completed; if not, how many are outstanding.
(3) What was the cost of tree maintenance and assessments for 2015-16 to date broken down by (a) staff, (b) equipment, and (c) other.
(4) What was the cost of tree maintenance and assessments for 2016-17 to date broken down by (a) staff, (b) equipment, and (c) other.
(5) How many staff were involved with tree maintenance for (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 to date.
(6) How many assessors are needed on average to conduct a tree assessment.
(7) How many tree assessments were undertaken in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 to date.
(8) How many trees were assessed and found to be unsafe in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) All tree assessments initiated following the January 2017 storm have been evaluated and work prioritised.
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