There's a battle brewing in Beverly Hills over some of its ficus trees. The city is cutting down nearly 90 trees as part of a sidewalk project, and some residents feel it's unnecessary.
There's a battle brewing in Beverly Hills over some of its majestic ficus trees."Our arborist took a really close look at it and made the determination that the best thing to do would be to replace them so we will remove these, and will repair the sidewalk, make those changes, and then replace New Mexican fan palms and crape myrtles in place of these trees," said Beverly Hills Deputy City Manager Keith Sterling.
David Mirharooni owns several properties along Robertson Boulevard. He said he noticed problems back in 2019 with people tripping and falling due to the damaged sidewalks."This issue could happen in six years, it could happen in seven years, it could happen in one year, we don't know," he said.
"We're mindful of the fact that this is a change but I think we have some credibility when it comes to trees in urban forest and we take that very seriously and work," said Sterling. "We're going to make sure this is at the same standards that it's been for so many years.""It doesn't make sense why so many trees are being cut down," said one resident.Copyright © 2023 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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