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Banana Tree Planted In Large Pothole On Florida Road
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By Ben Hooper
Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A banana tree was planted in a pot- hole in the middle of a Florida road in an apparent act of protest to draw attention to the condition of the pavement.
Witnesses said two men were seen tending to the tree in the middle of Honda Drive in Fort Myers after plant- ing it in the large pothole in the middle of the
roadway.
Drivers said the road is fraught with potholes that have caused damage to cars that failed to swerve around them.
Those who fre- quent the road said the tree makes the pot- hole easier to spot, but it hasn't solved the road's problems.
"The tree makes it harder to get around the next
pothole that's right next to it. Because normally I just drive over the pothole, but because there's a big tree you can't drive through a tree," Nicholas Angus told WINK- TV.
Lee County offi- cials said the road is privately owned, so the potholes won't be repaired by coun- ty crews. They said it is up to the road's owners to have the pave- ment repaired.
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