Street Trees in Kilburn

The comment on my recent post on regenerating Kilburn High Road pleads for more street trees in Kilburn.  There is a scheme that might provide these, and I have passed the comment on to the Kilburn councillors.  The same scheme can be used for providing street trees any where in the Borough.  Last year it contributed to the seventy street trees planted in Kensal Green, for example.

I have long been an advocate of street trees.  Charles is absolutely right in pointing out the advantages in terms of shade, slowing down water flow, improving air quality, making streets look better and mitigating the heat island effect.

Specifically in Kilburn, I know that BEST (Brent Eleven Streets) has been effective in promoting street trees at the southern end of Willesden Lane, and some of the streets off Kilburn High Road, such as Brondesbury Road have historically had a lot of street trees.  The dearth in Kilburn has always struck me as being more at the South Kilburn end.  Hopefully, the number of trees will be increased as South Kilburn regenerates.