Jean Bateman with Save the Market Entrance has been lobbying to save the trees and several other historic elements in and around the market. She says the age and lifespan concerns for the trees are not enough reasons to take them down.
“We’re standing on really hallowed ground here; cherry trees is what we would like to see,” said Bateman. In a statement shared with KIRO 7, a spokesperson with Waterfront Seattle said, “We plan to complete the removal of the trees as a part of upcoming construction on this block so that we can plant new healthy trees while we are rebuilding the sidewalk ... We are planting new street trees on that block, as they have been developed by the horticulture and nursery industry specifically to meet street tree standards in terms of form, foliage density, and growth rate.
Pathetic. There's no reason they can't design around the trees if they wanted to. Bike lanes and pedestrian traffic doesn't NEED to be in fixed locations right next to automobile traffic.
Makes sense
Need to make more room for tents and meth labs. Planned expansion ?
just after you reported that not having trees increased the downtown parks temperature and only rich white people should have shaded land.
Sad!
Lol. Seattle keeping it green trying to cut down trees for bikes made in China and shipped across the world using fossil fuels
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