A 131-year-old raintree was partly uprooted during heavy rain on 20 January 2018 Saturday.
It was reported that part of Taiping Lake Gardens had been closed off to motorised vehicles since Dec 15 last year, in a move to preserve its precious rain trees.
The 630m-stretch of road, which makes up about a quarter of the entire Lake Gardens loop, has now permanently become a pedestrian walk and cycling path.
To date, the council has officially tagged 113 raintrees at the park and also maintains over 1,300 other types of trees with help from arborists and experts from the FRIM.
Previously used as a mining ground, Taiping Lake Garden is the first public garden established during the British rule in the country in 1880 and is fully administered by the council.
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| Alon Jalan Pekeliling near the junction to Flemington Hotel |
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| Shallow roots of the raintree |
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| Right across the road..... |
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| Almost the same area - a fallen raintree on 22 August 2012 |
