SEVEN days notice has been given to some residents in Anderson Street that ten of the thirteen 80-plus-year-old trees in their street would be removed next Monday, fueling further outrage from locals.
On Monday, Inland rail staff door-knocked the street with a diagram showing which trees would be removed.
One resident, wishing not to be named, told The Euroa Gazette that the IR representatives who visited their home conceded that initially the resident was told only one elm tree would be removed and that the visit was the first notification that ten were now planned for destruction.
"They've told me one week before," the resident said.
"That gives us no time to act."
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A protest sign has been attached to one tree with other locals criticising Inland Rail for their secrecy with the announcement.
Inland Rail provided the street's residents with a leaflet indicating the ten trees that would be felled, which included six London plane trees.
The Euroa Gazette asked Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny's office on Sunday, 27 April if she was aware of local concerns of Inland Rail's secrecy with the announcement and if she would consider intervention as part of an upcoming review of the project.
The minister's office has not replied.
