Is National Grid ‘uglifying’ neighborhoods?
"Your trimming is terrible!"
“There is a problem in our city with our beautiful old trees,” said Natalie Fiala at the July 7th North Tonawanda City Council meeting.
“Our city has allowed the power company to chop off branches that they deem are in the way of their power lines with no input from the family that lives there. This procedure has become a horrendous problem because they only trim the branches that surround the cable. They do not trim any branches near your house, hanging over your roof or hanging way down over the sidewalk.”
“Because the trees are in older neighborhoods, and some are very old trees, the branch reach way above the power lines, and when National grid makes these severe cuts, the remaining branches extend far above the wire. Many trees now, at the point of separting, are a huge U shape with the line through the middle, and it looks terrible.”
'If trees are so huge that they need this horrific cut, I believe the tree should not be trimmed but cut down, and a new tree planted,' said Natalie Fiala.
'Our trees are being mutilated by the power company, with no regard for the people who live near them and want to enjoy them,' said Natalie Fiala.
'A true arborist would not think of mutilating trees like this,' said Natalie Fiala.
'We should all be horrified at what's being done and make it stop now,' said Natalie Fiala.
