GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In just a few weeks, Grand Rapid city officials hope to have much-needed reinforcements on board to deal with trees on public rights of way that may pose a danger to the public.
Earlier this year, an inventory of trees along city streets, in city parks and other public spaces showed 85 percent of trees along city streets, in city parks and other public spaces are in good shape.
But deferred maintenance over the years had left about 1,500 trees that needed to be chopped down still standing, like the windswept tree that dropped a large branch onto a woman and her infant in Riverside Park in May.
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