A DOUBLE-decker solution to the problem of overhanging trees on bus routes has been created.
A Tree Bus will patrol West Sussex roads in the next three weeks as it clears overgrown vegetation affecting buses and other high vehicles.
The former double-decker bus has been converted by Stagecoach and loaned to West Sussex County Council.
The top deck is used as a working platform where tree surgeons use specialist tools to cut back branches.
The debris is passed down through a chute to the deck below.
A list of roads affected by overhanging trees has been compiled by bus companies.
The team consists of up to three tree surgeons and a driver.
The work is funded from the county council’s highways budget.
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