Politics & Government

Over 200 Trees Removed On Rustic Roads

Patch has learned Pepco crews removed 262 trees on five rustic roads prior to advocate intervention.

Earlier this month, neighbors and conservation advocates succeeded in . But their efforts did not come soon enough for more than two hundred trees had already been cut down by Pepco vegetation management crews.

Pepco provided Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich with details of the number of trees that had been removed prior to the agreed temporary halt.

The following is a list of the number of trees removed from five rustic roads in Darnestown and Poolesville.

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  • 106 trees removed on West Willard Road
  • 11 trees removed on Sugarland Road
  • 37 trees removed on Montevido Road
  • 71 trees removed on Hughes Road; 79 had been marked for removal
  • 37 trees removed on Budd Road; 46 had been marked for removal


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