By Robert Herrick
Updated
The National Capital Authority (NCA) will cut down dozens of 90-year-old trees from the road to Government House in Canberra.
The pines, which sit behind the main avenue of elm trees on Dunrossil Drive are approaching the end of their expected life span.
Some of the trees have already died and trunks have fallen across the cycle way
The NCA says the pines will be cut down in two stages, with all of them to be removed by 2016.
NCA chief executive Gary Rake says new saplings will also be planted in stages to avoid removing them all at once in another 90 years.
"We'll be using a mixture of species, some of those grow really quickly, like the pinus radiata," he said.
"Over a period of about 10 years, they'll start to reach some reasonable height and they'll provide a nice, thick backdrop to some of the elms."
Mr Rake says if the work is not done, the trees could hurt someone or cut off access to Government House.
"We also run the risk of a tree causing damage," he said.
"It'd be terrible to have a dead pine, that we could have and should have removed, fall and wipe out one of the healthy elms."
The new monterey pine saplings will be planted as replacements and will take 15 years to reach maturity.
Topics: states-and-territories, act, canberra-2600, yarralumla-2600
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