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Tree board plans resolution to INDOT over reduced mowing; flags county solar buffer exclusion
Summary
Board members said INDOT has reduced mowing frequency along the Lloyd Expressway, raising invasive-plant and tree-health concerns, and discussed a county zoning revision that excluded arborvitae from solar buffer plantings.
Evansville’s Tree Advisory Board on Aug. 7 signaled plans to ask the city and allied groups to press the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to restore more extensive mowing along the Lloyd Expressway and other ramp and wall areas, saying reduced mowing has allowed invasive vegetation to proliferate and harms street trees.
Board members said INDOT shifted mowing frequency lower (members described prior full mowings nine times a year dropping to five or fewer) and scaled back fence-line-to-fence-line cuts; the board said that…
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