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BY KYRA KITLOWI KI I GG j
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COLLEGIAN REPORTER I don't want t� Po
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If you haven't ha the chance to see the r, _ %
60-foot elm trees located at the new Boston.' gers but 1 d0 know the city
Chicken at the inter. ction of South Lemay i, was'not at fault.
and Pennock Place, his is your last time to ?• ���_ '
ee them. TED SHEPARD
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The two Siberian Elm trees, valued at PLANNING DEPARTMENT J � ' •?� ��
`1;5,450, are being tal en down due to severe
root damage incurrec during construction of
the restaurant. '' of damage," Shepard said.
"The construction of the restaurant was Removal of the trees began Monday by
that they had to build a driveway out of," Jordan's Tree Moving & Maintenance.
concrete. The trench machine just got too. ', Boston Chicken has agreed to compen
close to the trees anti chopped up the roots.'=.sate the city by replacing the Elm trees with
The roots looked likc what happens to a car;: two large -caliper street trees. They will also
when it gets totaled," Ted Shepard of the i plant; 40 new, deciduous street trees along
planning department sai& commercial corridors in Fort Collins, partic-
The removal of t e trees was not in the ularly on South College Avenue.
city's development Ian. 9`" "Our expectation is the same as the -,T. SAM MOOR H� COLLEGIAN
"I don't want to Dint any fingers, but [_ city's:;,That good trees should 12e,preserved Remnants of two 50 year, old elm trees sit In front of the new B ston Chicken
do know the city w: s nottat fault," Shepard:' and protected, and we would never have restaurant on Lemay Avenue. The trees were chopped downyesterday after
said. knowingly destroyed these.. We will cony the roots were destroyed when the contractor; Westec.Constru tion, cut into
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For safety reason the treermust now be ?., pensate the city immediately and look for- them to make the entrance into the parking lot big enough. he; contractor
I ward to working with the city in the future was trapped between two departments of the city, Forestry, ho wanted to
"In a year or so tl ey will just die and fall'' as a good neighbor," Mark Nelson, Boston save the trees, and Engineering, who wanted to make the entry ce'meet regu-
over into the ,;it which could cause a lot Chicken real estate manager, said. nations and be safe.