And a complaint was made to the States police by Deputy Sean Power about the traffic management at the time, after a 17-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital with a serious leg injury after an accident involving a car. A number of States Members have expressed their disgust at the removal of the trees to make way for preparatory works for the Dandara development of 102 homes at Goose Green Marsh. St Peter Deputy Collin Egré said: ‘These trees survived the Occupation, a time when wood was fuel and fuel was in desperately short supply. And yet we allow them to be cut down now. It tells you something about today’s society.’ But Dandara managing director Martin Clancy said: ‘We are just getting on with the job of building local houses for local people.’
