ST9703-CS 961002To: Gary Sims, Director of Leisure Services
From: Michael A. Martin, E.I.T., Asst. City Engineer
RE: MacArthur Blvd. / Relocation of trees in median
Date: October 2, 1996
As you probably know, sometime in the future MacArthur Blvd. from the north side of Coppell
to Belt Line Road will be widen from a 4-lane divided roadway to a 6-lane divided roadway.
The majority of the additional lanes will come from the median with a few feet from the
parkway.
The reason for this memo is to determine if there is any way that we can save some or all of
the existing trees in the median which will be affected by the construction of the additional lanes.
The area affected will be approximately 10 feet off the inside curb of each half of the roadway
(see attached figure).
Since I am not familiar with the relocation of trees, I wanted your opinion on relocating the
existing trees today while they are still relatively young thereby giving them a better chance of
survival. By waiting until MacArthur Blvd. is widen the trees may be too large, therefore,
unable to be relocated.
I would like to discuss this matter with you to see if this is a possible approach to preserve the
trees in the median of MacAxthur Blvd.