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A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT TREES HAVE A LIFESPAN OF 35 TO 40 YEARS IN THE CENTER MEDIAN ON ROADS.
SO, UH, A LOT OF THESE TREES HAVE REACHED THEIR END OF LIFE AND WE'RE OUT HERE TO REPLACE THE TREES.
UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO TREES THAT WE'RE REMOVING DUE TO THE EMERALD ASH BOER.
SO WE HAD A LOSS OF ASH TREE IN THIS, UH, MEDIAN.
SO WE'RE REMOVING THOSE PROACTIVELY AND REPLACING THEM WITH NEW TREES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED FROM WINTER STORM RURAL THREE YEARS AGO.
THE MEDIAN IS ALREADY A REALLY DIFFICULT AREA TO GROW TREES.
UH, AND SO HAVING IRRIGATION, NEW IRRIGATION IS GONNA BE ESSENTIAL TO THE TREE SURVIVAL.
UH, AND IT'S ALSO GONNA HELP, UH, WITH SOME OF THE ROAD ISSUES.
WE'LL HAVE VARIOUS PHASES OF LANE CLOSURES ON PARK BOULEVARD BETWEEN COUNTRY PLACE AND OHIO DRIVE.
THEY'RE GONNA MOVE THEIR, UH, LANE CLOSURES FURTHER DOWN IN SECTIONS.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE ENTIRE SECTION BETWEEN COUNTRY PLACE AND OHIO DRIVE SHUT DOWN, BUT WE'LL HAVE SECTIONS AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROJECT.
PUTTING BACK TREES IS, UH, WELL, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PARTS OF DOING A TREE RENOVATION PROJECT.
WE ARE STRATEGICALLY PLANTING CERTAIN TYPES OF TREES THAT, UH, ARE THE RIGHT TREE FOR THE RIGHT PLACE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE ARE TREES THAT WON'T GET TOO BIG, THAT WON'T HAVE TOO BIG OF A ROOT SYSTEM, THAT IT WILL IMPACT THE ROADS.
SO WE'RE PLANTING SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED TREES, TREES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR MEDIAN SITUATIONS.