The state is chopping down the half-century old trees to build a new auxiliary lane in Bayside and Oakland Gardens.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.The state is chopping down more than 250 trees to make way for the expansion of the Long Island Expressway in eastern Queens, much to the dismay of local horticulturalists.
“You can’t replace a 60-year-old tree with a new tree,” said Glaeser, a horticulture consultant with a doctorate in philosophy and plant biology. “Large trees deliver 70 times more benefits than small, newly planted trees.” “It takes 20 years before trees can start delivering the level of benefits and services we acquire from them,” Glaeser said. “How and why does [the Department of Transportation] get a pass to remove these large trees from the public sphere and yet the public loses out in the end?”
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