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Maintenance costs. At least here in the UK things like maintenance of trees falls to the most local authority (town/parish councils) that are notoriously under
by samwillis 3y ago
Maintenance costs.
At least here in the UK things like maintenance of trees falls to the most local authority (town/parish councils) that are notoriously underfunded and will cut down a tree is it's cheaper than maintaining it. They are allergic to the risk posed by falling branches too.
- consp 3y agoAre there no local taxes which can cover this? I'm definately paying for "green" maintenance by my local taxes and not via income or other nation wide ones (but not in UK).
- automatic6131 3y ago>Are there no local taxes which can cover this? There are monthly, local taxes, yes. Payable by all residents. Are they enough? Nothing is ever enough.
- samwillis 3y agoOh there absolutely are local taxes, and they only increase. Here in the UK it's "council tax", and often paid to the authority one higher up than the one responsible for trees and green spaces. A relatively small amount then trickle down to the local town and parish councils for them to spend.
- odiroot 3y agoCouncil taxes are mostly spent on social services. Councils can barely fund garbage collection, schools, and road maintenence on top of that. Probably not much left for all the nice things.
- voisin 3y agoAs I responded elsewhere: Someone needs to pay for roads and ongoing maintenance and yet there always seems to be money for new roads.