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Planning board approves removal of 46 trees for four Lowell park renovations
Summary
The Lowell Planning Board on April 7 approved requests to remove 46 trees across four city parks to allow renovation work tied to ARPA-funded projects; the board required replacement planting and asked staff to attempt to preserve recently planted trees where feasible.
The Lowell Planning Board on April 7 approved permits to remove 46 trees across four city parks so crews can complete planned renovations, a city design planner said.
Brianna Martinez, a design planner for the City of Lowell, told the board each park is part of the city’s ARPA-funded program and that the proposed work requires removing a small number of existing trees to complete grading and construction. She said the city will replant replacement trees and partner with Greening the Gateway Cities on new plantings.
The board’s action covers four separate public shade (tree removal) hearings that were presented together: one tree at North Common (413 Fletcher Street), eight trees at Father Maguire Park (80 Woodward Avenue), 17 trees at Saint Louis Park (406 West Sixth Street) and 20 trees at Clemente Park (803 Middlesex Street). Martinez said each park under this ARPA cycle will receive approximately $1 million in renovation funding.
Why it matters: the removals enable planned play-area, court and field upgrades, stormwater and grading work, and a new splash pad at…
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