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Residents press council to fund utility burial after urban-forest plan shows canopy loss
Summary
Speakers asked the Summerville Town Council to use Dominion nonstandard service funds and town matches to bury overhead utilities and protect the town’s tree canopy after a US Forest Service-funded urban-forest plan documented canopy loss.
Residents and neighborhood groups urged the Summerville Town Council to include matching funds in the town budget to bury overhead utility lines, citing the town’s Urban Forest Master Plan and an estimated ongoing loss of canopy.
Deb Campo, a Summerville resident, told council the Urban Forest Master Plan (funded by the U.S. Forest Service and completed in July 2023) found an 11% loss in tree canopy across council districts between…
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