About the willow trees the city and developer want to cut on Wyatt Way

This story is told by Tad Sooter in the Review. I recall investigating the fate of those trees a few years ago when the development file was first presented, at least 4 years ago as I addressed the issue the Friends of the Trees blog I had created at the time. I then spoke with the architect who told me it was the public works department that had wanted the trees cut down because they did not want the sidewalk to curve. I don't recall there was a that time any mention of parking along the street and I am sure the architect had planned to keep all the willow trees by having the sidewalk go around them. Years later we are now presented with a very different lay out that cares more for parking spots than for trees. It will be up to us -as a community- to defend those trees as they surely cannot defend themselves.