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On Oct 8, 1:24 am, "paddytt"
wrote:
We have a tree that is very close to a set of four electricity
cables.
Will the electricity network cut the tree back or do we have to pay
to
get it done professionally?

thanks

TT
Every time I had a problem with electricity cables and telephone cables
going through some very high leylandii (which I wasn't allowed to
remove) the relevant companies cut them back for me at no cost, but
then again the cables were running right through the trees.

You would think that power companies would have more sense than to run
wires
above tall trees.

Fair comment, but what if the tree was planted after the cable was run?

or when the trees were shrubs. It was a tongue in cheek comment. How the
heck were the power companies to know the trees would grow?

rob