BTCC Nov 2018 Newsletter - Meeting 13 Nov Tues 7:30 PM

Next BTCC  Meeting 13 November 2018  7:30 PM Tuesday  

Marbrook Elementary School  2101 Centerville Road  Wilmington DE 19805

Another Tree Down in Woodland Run Park fell across the Brookland Ave Drainage basin at 450 Brookland Ave blocking much of the walking path .

Another Tree Down in Woodland Run Park fell across the Brookland Ave Drainage basin 

At 450 Brookland Ave blocking much of the walking path .

Storm Grate missing 600 Block Armstrong Ave Brookland Terrace

Storm Grate missing 600 Block Armstrong Ave Brookland Terrace

 

Reported to Del-Dot Monday 8 Oct 2018 Fixed same day

Dangerous hanging branch over E. Brookland Ave

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Steve Beare wrote:

I wanted to let you know about the immediate threat of a large dead hanging branch directly over East Brookland Avenue in front of house #5. This is from a mostly dead Beech tree in the Woodland Run parkland that has lost many limbs over the past few years. I believe this hanging branch broke loose and got hung up in just the past few days.

Starting around 3 years ago, I called Frank Graves and spoke to him and/or his secretary several times to remove the largely dead tree, which is around 80-90 feet tall. Around a year after my first call, Frank contacted Delmarva Power, who contracted Asplundh to remove dead limbs hanging over the power lines. They did this October 25, 2016. However, this did not impact many other dead limbs hanging over the narrow 12 foot wide one-lane street, endangering pedestrians and cars. You will see from the picture just a sampling of the limbs that have fallen over the past two years that I have removed from the street.

The most recent dead limb fell two months ago, and is massive at 10 inches in diameter and 10 feet long. I was alarmed and sent a picture of this on August 6th to Dave Iliff, who immediately sent it to NCC forestry personnel along with other pictures of trees along Little Mill Creek that needed attention. These are now getting it, except for the dead one on East Brookland Avenue.

Below are two views of the hanging limb, which will inevitably fall directly around 50 feet to the street below and impale anything in its way. This hanging limb should be removed as soon as possible, and the dead tree should be removed at the same time.

I am copying Josh and Joanna Gates, who live at 5 E. Brookland Ave., with their 8 year old son Anders.