I don’t think it’s people like my friend who caused the LTA to act. He wasn’t speeding; he just didn’t slow down to 40 km/h. If they chopped down the tree because of near-misses, it must be because someone – as Singaporeans are wont to do – complained about it.

The dangerous part of the road is about 50 metres before the bifurcated (never knew there was such a word until last week) section. I think it’s near the bus stop where Marymount Road joins up with Braddell Road. Now, that’s dangerous if you’re not going slowly. That part of the road is almost like a double chicane.

Yah, it is really sad. I happened to chance upon it while looking for something else in Google Maps this afternoon. That is quite a large area that they cleared.

As for the mass clearing, it’s really sad isn’t it. I mean, we are not talking about months but years of depriving the animals of their habitat and Sporeans the greenery.

Still, it doesn’t take that much slowing down. My colleague who occasionally gives me a lift drives past the tree on the way home. He doesn’t slow down that much and has never had trouble avoiding the angsana.

I agree with you about the mass removal of trees. However, that’s more difficult to prevent. If the authorities claim they are clearing an area for development, how are we going to know when they will start developing, if they do at all?

Reading your post, I was surprised that you mentioned the CJC case. I’ve not heard about that in a long while. There was a nasty rumour that one of the teachers did it. As I said, nasty rumour.

What I think tree lovers should be more concerned about are the hundreds, maybe even thousands of trees, big and small that have been cut down in places like Old Holland Road, and the former Sussex Estate near Clementi Road/Dover Road junction, just to let the land lie idle for years.