[Lincolnparkdc] Heritage elm at 161 Kentucky

Tue Apr 11 13:09:45 EDT 2023

Gina, Thank you for this. In addition to losing the tree the trucks did a
number on the sidewalk and ironwork around that tree box. Will someone fix
that?

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 1:06 PM Martha Huizenga <martha at mhuizenga.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> ---
> 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>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> 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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