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Council approves tree-removal plan, spring planting RFQ after discussion of public safety and replacement species

2488598 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

The council approved a U.S. Forest Service grant advertisement for removal of 277 hazardous right-of-way trees and authorized a request for quotes to replace 80 trees as part of a multi-year effort to address roughly 900 aging trees.

The City of La Porte moved forward with a multi-part urban forestry effort intended to remove hazardous right-of-way trees and replant a diversity of species.

Tucker King said the first action authorizes advertisement for bids to remove 277 trees identified as critical hazards under a U.S. Forest Service tree grant. "We have around 900 trees that need to be removed from our inventory. And this is 277 of those which are identified as the ones…

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