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Clear Cutting of Lions Trail Underway

Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:06

Hundreds of trees are set to come down in Woodstock. The Lions Trail in the city's west end is essentially being deforested, with some 2300 trees becoming victim to the Emerald Ash Borer. Hart Excavating started cutting down the trees earlier this week, and it is expected to remain closed for several weeks. City Parks Supervisor Chris Kern says some people aren't heeding the warning signs. "We've had a few instances of the public by-passing the safety signs warning them not to go on the trail. It is really dangerous to by-pass these signs and go in this area." Kern says some of the falling branches on the trail weighs up to 1-tonne, and they're coming down at an alarming rate. "Just in the matter of a week, visiting and then coming back again...the number of trees laying across the trail that had fallen. It really was amazing to see how fast the forest canopy was failing." There are also about 80 remaining ash trees that need to be cut down on the Youth Start Trail on the south side of Dundas St. Some of the trees are 50-70-years old, some of them are around 70-feet tall. City Council has allotted $50,000 for the removal of all the affected trees. This portion of the project will cost just over $31,000.

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