The tiny lane that Aggregate Industries wants to put its thundering 44-tonne HGVs down for the next 10-12 years has now been closed for the best part of a week.
One of AI's trees came crashing down across power and phone lines last week.
It wasn't many years ago that another one of AI's trees closed the lane for a similar period, whilst the company cleared up the mess.
And if it's not fallen trees that AI would have to contend with on Birdcage Lane, it would be horse-riders, cyclists, ramblers, joggers, dog-walkers, even sheep:
