Tribune reports trees cut in Milwaukie

Main Street in Milwaukie. Trees about this size and adjacent to Main Street were removed recently. — Main Street in Milwaukie. Trees about this size and adjacent to Main Street were removed recently, according to The Portland Tribune.

The Portland Tribune reported yesterday that several large street trees in downtown Milwaukie were cut down recently in an effort to improve the block.

Google street imaging allows one to see the precise trees in question and their full size.

Here is the news brief:

TriMet and Milwaukie cut down several trees along Jackson Street between 21st and Main streets to make way for a improvements to the area. The city and transit agency are partnering on a stimulus project to improve the block, making it more friendly for pedestrian and transit users.

Officials expect to break ground in May, but the trees were cut down earlier to avoid disturbing migratory birds. The city said the Oak trees that were cut down had been damaged by pruning and were starting to lift the sidewalks.

Contractors will plant nine new street trees they say are more appropriate for the location, a Red Sunset maple and eight Skyline Honey-locusts. They will also plant seven accent trees, including five Dogwoods and two Pacific crabapples.

–Toshio Suzuki