'SACRIFICED in favor of CONCRETE,' reads a makeshift memorial set up at the location of the chopped trees.
According to a city contractor, four of the six trees that were removed were healthy, and at least one was a"very big" elm tree. The others were a medium-large locust tree, two medium-sized locust trees and a 35-foot-tall spruce that was declining in health.
According to Swanson, he and the forestry department"are working with DOTI now to try to find a way to work around [trees for] future sidewalk projects." In the area that will go under construction, Schooler has counted somewhere between sixty and seventy trees. While some of those may be impacted by construction — with possible damage to tree roots as a result of digging — the current plan is to work around the trees as much as possible."It's not like we're just taking the trees out without any thought or recourse," he says.
The construction at Congress Park is part of the Congress Park Playground and Walk Improvements project, which aims to give the area a proper facelift.
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