If you are wondering what happened to some of the trees lining Hudson and Alexander streets, the city’s public works crews removed them.
Rob Hein, manager of roads and parks, explains the ones taken out “were dying and non-retrievable, so rather than have them look really bad on the street for a long period of time, we took them out.”
Hein said the fact the judges were coming for the annual Communities in Bloom contest was a factor influencing when the trees were removed.
“We did it at the last minute.”
He said the trees will be replaced.
Communities in Bloom is described on its website as a Canadian non-profit organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification…
Salmon Arm is one of 14 of B.C.’s 162 municipalities which is competing in the competition.
Regarding road work that citizens have been seeing around the community, Hein said it is mostly part of the annual asphaltic overlay program, where the road surfaces are repaired.
The work being done next to the Jacobson Ford car dealership is a BC Hydro project, he explained.
The overhead lines have been buried and now the road is being reinstated.
Hein said most of the city’s projects have been wrapped up.