Phillip: I am quite sure the car insurance companies would be interested!
I spoke with a friend who is an arborist, she said it was most likely a combination of lack of water and chopping of roots. If the trees had larger pits and were able to get more water, the trees would fight to survive (probably same result, just later), however, a trees root system is more important not to be disturbed and chopping off the roots of a tree to make a sidewalk lay flat is not advisable. I'm going to check with L&I regarding the zoning and permit issues and get back to the listserv unless someone else knows and post sooner. S -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Forrest Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 12:51 PM To: UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN Cc: Univcity Subject: Re: [UC] Trees on 4500 Walnut Street I'm not one for litigation so much, but there needs to be some recourse here. If there is writing or photos or even witnesses who saw the contractors sawing roots, they need to be brought to task and something needs to be made right. Those trees stood for decades without falling. 2 months of root suffocation wouldn't kill the tree, especially since the soil was quite moist for those months. That side of the block is ugly now and it's because of cutting corners. Cars were destroyed, people were put in danger, thousands of dollars in resources were spent, thousands of residents were inconvenienced. Us Philly taxpayers are footing the bill for a contractor's negligence. phil On Sunday 22 April 2007 12:32, UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote: > S. Sharrieff Ali wrote: > > Now we have something valuable for the local zoning committees to look > > at. > > or maybe something valuable for uc green to look into > (pruning and thinning). > > > > .................. > UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN > [aka laserbeamR] > [aka ray] > SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
