My local council,Noosa, loves trees but do do some silly tree things. They plant avenues to beautify the streets but the trees sit close to the kerb & neat concrete walkways: in the rainforest these would reach 30m but in the open select species reach about 6 m but their roots still travel way beyond the 1/2 m space.

My biggest tree gripe is when they grade a nearby road , some bright spark decided to do some benching so a water truck could have easy access to our creek. It didn't occur to the culprit that I had planted out that area and young trees 4 to 5 metres high destroyed. not using that spot would mean driving an extra 50 metres to another spot not regenerated, or 5 Ks to town to use processed water. The greenie Deputy Mayor (his portfolio) & admin both ignored my emails. Don't give a hoot!