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Council demands woodland restoration
Blackpool Gazette
|March 11, 2026
About 100 young sycamore and ash trees have been felled at Broadwater Wood in Fleetwood as part of infrastructure works by United Utilities.
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The trees were removed to allow the installation of a new underground outfall pipe, with a temporary working compound needed in the eastern part of the woodland and access via an existing bridle path.
This story is from the March 11, 2026 edition of Blackpool Gazette.
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