Traffic re-routing in town to stay in place until tree pruning is complete
Posted June 9, 2022 at 2:27 pm by San Juan Update
The Town of Friday Harbor shares an update about the status of the downtown traffic re-route and the pruning of the Dutch elm trees at the foot of Spring Street.
Urban Tree Services/Bartlett Consulting from Mt. Vernon came to the island to assess our trees yesterday. We don’t know the prognosis yet; they will be returning with a third person who is an expert in very old trees.
Photos from the 1930s show the elms pruned incorrectly, resulting over time in the large lateral limbs that are problematic today. We were given direction to further alleviate excess weight in the tree that lost the limb and to remove dead and dying limbs in the tree nearest the ice cream shop. That work will be done on Monday, June 13 by Town staff.
Please avoid driving through the area on Monday, if you can. We will be directing traffic, but it’s tight down there and our lift will have to be in the street.
The limb removal work has delayed the return to normal pre-fire traffic routing. We will let you know when that can resume.
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