Manchester University has felled several mature trees near the pathway that runs under the Mancunian Way, near Upper Brook Street, Chorlton On Medlock. A sign nearby carries the message 'working to improve'.

These poplar trees dated from the late 1960's, following the mass clearance of the area in 1964.

Residents in the area are alarmed at the number of trees that are being lost. Around fifteen mature trees have been felled in the last five years in nearby Gartside Gardens (the former Rusholme Road Cemetery).

For the third time in four years, residents at Silkin Court on Grosvenor Street are having to fight to save mature trees in their grounds. A large majority want the trees to stay. However, one car owner complained to local councillors about leaves and sap falling on his/her car and this was enough to persuade the City Council of the need to fell three mature sycamore trees.

At the same time, car-parking in the area is getting massively out of hand, with cycle lanes and pavements regularly blocked and pollution levels increasing noticeably.