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[DustMagnet]

It is privately owned property.

 

Relevance?  There were trees within the boundaries of the municipality.  Now they are gone.  Doesn't matter who's name is on the land title.

[Nparker]

...Doesn't matter who's name is on the land title.

But it does matter. The powers that be already have far too much say in what private property owners can do with their legally held land.

[Tom Braybrook]

knowing what is best to do with other people's property is the definition of a canadian, a wealthy man once told me

[DustMagnet]

But it does matter. The powers that be already have far too much say in what private property owners can do with their legally held land.

 

Purely by observation it seems that the "powers that be" that is Langford doesn't seem to interfere much, if at all, in the denuding of hillsides.

 

But the point is the trees are gone.  The machinations that led to it are not relevant to the outcome.

[Nparker]

...But the point is the trees are gone...

I am sure new trees will be planted on the land as it is developed. I am also fairly certain where each of us now calls home there were once trees, so to be up in arms at the "denuding" of the landscape is a bit hypocritical.

[DustMagnet]

I am sure new trees will be planted on the land as it is developed. I am also fairly certain where each of us now calls home there were once trees, so to be up in arms at the "denuding" of the landscape is a bit hypocritical.

 

Let me quickly check something... yep, trees are still gone.  But do continue if you like.

[sdwright.vic]

Its amazing when "crisises" compete against each other!

We have a housing crisis, so you can't cut trees down because we have a climate crisis, and vice versa.

[DustMagnet]

Obviously the answer is treehouses.

[RFS]

Can you imagine how much worse our so called housing crises would be if not for the pro growth policies of Langford?

[DustMagnet]

Shame about the traffic though.  Oh well, can't have everything I suppose.

[Mike K.]

Shame about the traffic though. Oh well, can't have everything I suppose.

Is the traffic that bad? I don’t think it is, save for the weekend when the rest of the region descends on the Westshore for big-box shopping.

[aastra]

Cities need mature urban forests... but not too mature:

 

 

City starts fundraiser to replace ruined trees
Times - Colonist
27 Jan 2007

The trees are down, and now the city hopes wallets will open.

 

A fundraising plan has been launched to raise $200,000 to replace and care for more than 200 trees destroyed in the city following winter snow and wind storms. Beacon Hill Park and Ross Bay Cemetery were hardest hit along with several boulevards.

 

Experts say Victoria's urban forest is over-mature, with the vast majority of trees nearing or at their expected lifespan and needing to be replaced. City parks staff had planned to start that work. Now much of the money has been diverted into pruning damaged trees.

 

So what are we really saying here? If the "vast majority" of the city's trees are extremely old then doesn't that mean there haven't been very many new trees planted for a few decades at least? (So much for our supposed hyper-awareness and hyper-vigilance re: environmental issues over the past ~30 years.)

 

But aastra! The tree density is too high! There's no room to plant new trees unless we chop the old trees down!

 

etc.

Edited by aastra, 01 July 2019 - 04:33 PM.

[DustMagnet]

Is the traffic that bad? I don’t think it is, save for the weekend when the rest of the region descends on the Westshore for big-box shopping.

 

I only know what people say, since I don't commute myself.  And people are always complaining, leading me to believe that traffic may in fact be bad.

[LJ]

It's nothing compared to the lower mainland. I have been forced to drive home during rush hour times and at most it's a ten to fifteen minute delay.

[Mattjvd]

Is the traffic that bad? I don’t think it is, save for the weekend when the rest of the region descends on the Westshore for big-box shopping.

It's bad for our size (population), but it's nothing compared to larger cities of course.

[Victoria Watcher]

It’s part of the City of Victoria landscape: the giant sequoia in Centennial Square.

 

The sight is familiar to locals soaking up the noon sunshine. During the lunch hour, the tree is the background to conversations and even provides shade during a nap. But, its days may be numbered.

 

 

 

https://www.cheknews...certain-584763/

[mbjj]

I couldn't believe it when I heard on Chek that the tree might be replaced by....a bike rack! How scenic.

[Midnightly]

while i'm not against the tree going.. it has to go for a good reason.. it needs to be replaced with something more welcoming to bring life to the square if it comes down... not a bike rack

[Nparker]

I am not sure what should replace it, but removing that oversized sequoia and opening up the square to Douglas Street would definitely be an improvement. 

[RFS]

Good for an afternoon nap? More like afternoon heroin coma