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Commission reviews landscape master plan; staff proposes removing hazard trees and planting perimeter allees
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a multi‑year landscape master plan that would remove hazardous inner‑lawn trees and reestablish an alley of trees along the perimeter over 2025–26, and discussed replacing a historic catalpa tree if it fails.
The Michigan State Capitol Commission reviewed a landscape master plan that calls for removal of hazard trees, targeted replanting along the lawn perimeter and reestablishment of a historical alley of trees over 2025–26.
Why it matters: Tree removal and replanting affect public viewshed, pedestrian experience on the Capitol grounds and long‑term maintenance and safety for a 145‑year‑old public building.
Rob Blackshaw, the commission’s executive director, said staff and consultants (Beckett and Rader landscape architects and Michigan State University specialists)…
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