City technical panel recommends rule, permitting and maintenance changes to speed street-tree planting
A Transportation and Public Works technical advisory group recommended a 12-part package to remove regulatory and programmatic barriers to street trees in Austin rights of way, including updates to the Transportation Criteria Manual, improved standard drawings, and new options for maintenance funding and inventories.
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Michelle Marks, transportation officer with Transportation and Public Works, briefed the Joint Sustainability Committee on a technical advisory review panel's (TARP) recommendations to reduce barriers to planting and maintaining street trees in Austin rights of way.
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