Regarding all those Australian Pines . . .
Below is a copy of an inter-office memo that went around regarding the removal of those Australian Pines that we reported about. 323 trees are slated to be removed from Royal Road.
According to Albert Sosa, Director of the City of Miami's Capital Improvements Program (CIP), "The quantity of invasive trees does indeed seem staggering as the vast majority are small/sapling pines that have sprang up. The roots of the trees are undermining the road in places. In addition the resident is adamant about their removal due to mobility issues. She cannot walk and when the pines fall over during storm events she has had to wait for days to be able to leave her premises."
Here is the info from the memo:
Project Scope:
The project consists of rehabilitating the right of way between Main Highway and the bay along Royal Road. Several large ditches adjacent to the roadway have already been filled and proposed improvements include milling and resurfacing the existing asphalt roadway as well as removal of invasive Australian Pines along the corridor.
Background
The project improvements resulted from a resident request along the corridor. Our assessment of the corridor indicated that several large ditches had developed along the swales over the years. These posed a drop off hazard and needed to be filled in. A large number of Australian Pines were also noted to be growing in the right of way adjacent to the roadway. It was noted that the Australian Pine’s root systems had compromised the roadway in several locations. The Australian Pines encroach on the roadway in many locations and make it difficult for the passage of cars along the roadway. During a site visit a local resident brought it to our attention that the Australian Pines had a tendency to fall over during heavy storms and would block the roadway. This left the resident with no physical means of leaving or entering the property (Royal is a dead end) for several days on occasion. The resident requested that the City remove the Australian Pines from the right of way as part of the project.
As a result of this request the CIP Department has requested that the trees be posted for removal as requested by the resident. There are 323 Australian Pines in total as part of the posting. 2 of trees in question are dead. 217 of the trees in question are small in size (e.g. newer growth) with a caliper of 3” or less (125 having a caliper of less than 1”). The remainder of the Australian Pines are larger in size.
According to Albert Sosa, Director of the City of Miami's Capital Improvements Program (CIP), "The quantity of invasive trees does indeed seem staggering as the vast majority are small/sapling pines that have sprang up. The roots of the trees are undermining the road in places. In addition the resident is adamant about their removal due to mobility issues. She cannot walk and when the pines fall over during storm events she has had to wait for days to be able to leave her premises."
Here is the info from the memo:
Project Scope:
The project consists of rehabilitating the right of way between Main Highway and the bay along Royal Road. Several large ditches adjacent to the roadway have already been filled and proposed improvements include milling and resurfacing the existing asphalt roadway as well as removal of invasive Australian Pines along the corridor.
Background
The project improvements resulted from a resident request along the corridor. Our assessment of the corridor indicated that several large ditches had developed along the swales over the years. These posed a drop off hazard and needed to be filled in. A large number of Australian Pines were also noted to be growing in the right of way adjacent to the roadway. It was noted that the Australian Pine’s root systems had compromised the roadway in several locations. The Australian Pines encroach on the roadway in many locations and make it difficult for the passage of cars along the roadway. During a site visit a local resident brought it to our attention that the Australian Pines had a tendency to fall over during heavy storms and would block the roadway. This left the resident with no physical means of leaving or entering the property (Royal is a dead end) for several days on occasion. The resident requested that the City remove the Australian Pines from the right of way as part of the project.
As a result of this request the CIP Department has requested that the trees be posted for removal as requested by the resident. There are 323 Australian Pines in total as part of the posting. 2 of trees in question are dead. 217 of the trees in question are small in size (e.g. newer growth) with a caliper of 3” or less (125 having a caliper of less than 1”). The remainder of the Australian Pines are larger in size.
posted by Tom Falco at 9:00 AM
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