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Missing & Dead Street Trees
Problem
When Davis Square street trees die they are typically removed and the remaining tree wells filled with asphalt This prac- tice leaves unsightly gaps in the street edge These asphalt patches are per- ceptual touch-points that con- vey a a a sense of disregard and de- cline The received message is that the City does not care about maintaining its landscape Solution
Remove asphalt plugs and re- maining dead trees in in in each lo- cation in Davis Square (current count is 10 locations) Install ap- propriate new street trees with low propensity for damaging sidewalks via shallow horizontal root growth in the future 28
