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Consulting arborist recommends removing large silver maple on Sunbury square; council to schedule administrative removal
Summary
A consulting arborist told Sunbury council that a large silver maple on the downtown square shows decay from past topping and is at risk of branch failure; council agreed to handle removal administratively and to pursue replacement plantings.
Aaron Noblet, a consulting arborist, told Sunbury City Council on Jan. 7 that a large silver maple on the downtown square has significant decay likely linked to topping in the 1990s and that the species’ structural characteristics make it vulnerable to storm damage.
"This tree was topped in, I'm estimating, in the nineties ... there's a lot of decay ... we're…
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