Sixteen trees in the Boulevard will be felled and replaced with twice as many. - Credit: Archant Around half the cherry trees in Weston town centre pose an 'unacceptable' risk to the public and will be removed this spring. A survey by North Somerset Council tree officers found 16 of the older trees which line the Boulevard are suffering from decay and fungal infections and need to be replaced. The council will remove the trees after they have flowered this spring and replace them with up to twice as many next year. Most of the existing cherry trees along the Boulevard were planted in the 1960s and 70s. The council has been monitoring them due to their age and officers have had to remove five over the past five years due to the risk they posed.