Street Tree Felling

I have read that the difference between a boulevard and a street in France are the trees. If the street is lined with trees, it typically becomes a boulevard. I am sure this definition is not perfect but it works well enough.

So where does that leave poor Cours Lafayette? The trees along its sides were being felled on Friday. Notices pinned to trees along the street suggest more trees are yet to be cut down.

We stopped and watched the team finish the cutting down of one tree. A short film of the tree felling is on my YouTube channel and embedded below:

The approach to public safety is surprising. I suspect a simple, if you think it too dangerous to approach then don’t. A reliance on common sense I would not expect in the UK or Australia. In those countries I imagine one side of the road fenced off and those on foot kept a long distance away.

Regardless, the tree felling looked controlled and no-one around seemed to care. Cars passed and pedestrians watched or wandered on by.