[Lincolnparkdc] Heritage elm at 161 Kentucky

Tue Apr 11 13:04:59 EDT 2023

Thanks for your work on this. It's good to hear they will add something to
their plan to make sure this doesn't happen again.
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Martha Huizenga
cell 703-626-4026

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM regina arlotto <citymom92 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've spoken with my colleague at DDOT (Steve McKindley-Ward) who is the
> arborist for Ward 6, and learned that he's had to cut down two heritage
> trees in the last two weeks because of dump trucks hitting the limbs that
> overhang the parking lane. The issue is the DDOT-approved traffic control
> plan (required for the construction permit) does not take into account the
> exposure that street trees have when a parking lane becomes a travel lane
> for diverted oversize vehicles. Steve and I have reached out to the team
> that approves the TCPs and asked to work on preventing this from happening
> again by adding another item for consideration to their review list.
>
> Both of these mature trees had survived Dutch Elm disease for many
> decades, and so it's really sad to have lost two old trees to a truck. That
> corner is very exposed now.
>
> Best,
> Gina A.
>
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:06 AM John Hirschmann <hirschj154 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The plate number is 75-972 P
>>
>> John F Hirschmann
>> hirschj154 at gmail.com
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Apr 11, 2023, at 09:20, Martha Huizenga <martha at mhuizenga.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Here is a picture of the truck. Not sure if you can read the license plate
>>
>> <IMG_20230410_104707191.jpg>
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>> Martha Huizenga
>> cell 703-626-4026
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:17 AM regina arlotto <citymom92 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is good info Martha thanks so much. I'd love to know who it was.
>>> They will be fined by the city for destroying a heritage tree.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:11 AM Martha Huizenga <martha at mhuizenga.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A truck went by yesterday and hit the tree at 161. It uprooted so they
>>>> had to cut it down. It was a contractor but Charles Allen's office doesn't
>>>> think it was the Pepco contractors that are on our block.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 9:06 AM Sandra Caron George <
>>>> sandracgeorge at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don’t know what happened to that tree either, but just a heads up
>>>>> that the tree in front of my house at 147 will be coming down in the next
>>>>> few months. When I submitted a request for tree trimming in the fall, the
>>>>> arborist said it had shown no growth since 2019 and needed to come down.
>>>>> The arborists are super responsive so you might log a 311 request to find
>>>>> out if it was lawfully removed.  It is very sad to lose these trees.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 8:37 AM KnappMarketing <amy at knappmarketing.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have no idea who cut it down, but I used to live in That house.
>>>>>> That tree was the worst weed ever and could hardly be called a tree.  It
>>>>>> was like a trunk with suckers growing out everywhere - from every branch,
>>>>>> trunk and from roots.  It was no loss.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone.  Please excuse typos and brevity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On Apr 11, 2023, at 7:48 AM, citymom92 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Good morning neighbors-
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Does anyone know who cut down this old elm tree at the corner of
>>>>>> Indy and Kentucky in front of 161 Kentucky? according to the DC tree
>>>>>> inventory it was a very old tree planted in 1969, but during an inspection
>>>>>> in March 2021 by the ward 6 urban forester, showed no disease or issues
>>>>>> that would have prompted it being cut down.
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