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In its latest periodic inspection, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)-appointed certified arborists have identified 28 trees in the city as high risk, and will be felled soon.

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00:00Kuala Lumpur City Hall said some 28 high-risk trees in the city will be felled soon.
00:08The local authority said arborists certified by them had identified the trees in their
00:13latest periodic inspection in February.
00:16They said since 2019, they have been conducting inspections on trees aged over 30 years or
00:23with a circumference exceeding 1.5 metres.
00:27They said a total of 175 trees were high-risk with most of them exceeding 50 years old.
00:34They said city hall workers and contractors had felled 147 of them.
00:40City Hall said the high-risk trees are identified through the use of resistographs, PCOS tomographs
00:46or visual assessments to detect damaged or decayed branches or roots, leaning tree structures
00:52and cracks in branches and tree bases.
00:55They said they were taking remedial actions including pruning, crown reduction and felling
01:00on such trees.
01:02The city hall statement comes after a massive tree fell on Jalan Sultan Ismail, killing
01:07one motorist and injuring two others during a downpour on May 7.
01:12The incident damaged a total of 17 vehicles and disrupted monorail services.
01:19City Hall said the fallen tree was located on private land and maintenance came under
01:24the landowner's responsibility.
01:26They said they will help in facilitating any claims to the appropriate parties.
01:32City Hall's tree management policies have been under scrutiny in recent years after
01:37several incidents happened in the city.
01:40Another giant tree fell on motorcycles and cars along Jalan Ampang, causing a casualty
01:45in May 2018.
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