One of the most picturesque avenues in Bellefontaine’s urban forest took a blow this week as the city Shade Tree Commission felled 13 mature trees that were damaged by utility company trimming.
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Bellefontaine Street Department employee Steve Johnston uses a grinder to remove one of 13 stumps along east Williams Avenue after trees were removed from the picturesque drive because of damage from utility company trimming. The Bellefontaine Shade Tree Commission plans to replace the trees along the avenue with smaller maples that will not interfere with the power lines before year’s end. (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES) |
The stretch of trees through Mary Rutan Park along the north side of east Williams Avenue from Allison Drive to the Hoffman Municipal Swimming Pool was removed because the trees were dying from excessive pruning, commission chairwoman Shelley Moore said.
“We’ve had a lot of complaints because everyone considers that the most beautiful street in town,” Ms. Moore said of the avenue where the overarching canopy of leaves form a veritable rainbow of rustic colors in the autumn and icicle-laden interwoven branches can create an equally impressive view in the winter.
“But it became a hazard and we had to remove them,” she said. “It was only the ones that had been cut by (Dayton Power & Light). They were starting to decay from the top down.”
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