Summary
Contractors for Appalachian Power Co. began cutting trees Friday as part of a power line upgrade that sparked complaints from some residents in Roanoke's Jefferson Hills neighborhood.
A crew from Asplundh cut down a pine tree at the corner of Colonial Avenue and Dogwood Lane on Friday morning and removed another tree nearby at the entrance to a Virginia Western Community College parking lot in the afternoon. The second tree was removed at the college's request, said Appalachian spokesman Todd Burns.See the full content of this document
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Tree Removal Project Begins
The work started three weeks after a sometimes contentious five- hour meeting that Appalachian held for Jefferson Hills residents, some of whom complained that the tree cutting woul...
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