[82lsju]

If you click on the slide deck, construction is supposed to start next summer (yeah, right, I will believe it when I see it) and end two years later (ha!).

well CalTrans has been going to resurface El Camino from Mountain View to Menlo Park each of the last three summers, they tell us this summer for sure....

and some in Palo Alto are starting to question their tree policies

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023...-ordinance

Anneke Dempsey was concerned about the giant oak in her backyard for years. The weight of its massive limbs could potentially cause the tree or branches to fall onto her or her neighbor's home, she told a city of Palo Alto's Public Works Department arborist.

The city, however, said she and her husband, Ray, were forbidden from removing some of the large limbs because the tree was protected by the city's heritage tree ordinance, a law intended to preserve Palo Alto's canopy. In addition, part of the tree was located on city-owned land adjacent to the Dempseys' home, and thus under the city's jurisdiction.

On March 14, the Dempseys' concern was realized with near-fatal consequences. Ray Dempsey had been working in their backyard, and the couple's beloved Labrador, Daisy Mae, was accompanying him. Minutes after they left the yard, the 40-year-old, giant tree came crashing down.

[82lsju]

If you click on the slide deck, construction is supposed to start next summer (yeah, right, I will believe it when I see it) and end two years later (ha!).

well CalTrans has been going to resurface El Camino from Mountain View to Menlo Park each of the last three summers, they tell us this summer for sure....

and some in Palo Alto are starting to question their tree policies

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023...-ordinance

Anneke Dempsey was concerned about the giant oak in her backyard for years. The weight of its massive limbs could potentially cause the tree or branches to fall onto her or her neighbor's home, she told a city of Palo Alto's Public Works Department arborist.

The city, however, said she and her husband, Ray, were forbidden from removing some of the large limbs because the tree was protected by the city's heritage tree ordinance, a law intended to preserve Palo Alto's canopy. In addition, part of the tree was located on city-owned land adjacent to the Dempseys' home, and thus under the city's jurisdiction.

On March 14, the Dempseys' concern was realized with near-fatal consequences. Ray Dempsey had been working in their backyard, and the couple's beloved Labrador, Daisy Mae, was accompanying him. Minutes after they left the yard, the 40-year-old, giant tree came crashing down.