"Enhanced Tree-Trimming" could leave Connecticut's tree-lined streets crude and bare. Come to public meetings this week to save your neighborhood trees. 

"Enhanced Tree-Trimming" in Canaan, CT (Photo: Tom Zetterstrom)

New tree-trimming standards proposed by United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power give them the authority to remove or severely cut back all "tall growing trees" and "overhanging limbs" within eight feet of utility lines, even if they're healthy and not endangering the lines! Visit the Garden Club of New Haven to see what could happen outside your front door, or read the comments from these Hamden residents. 

Street trees shade our sidewalks and yards, clean our air, and beautify our neighborhoods. We should protect them, not cut them down. 

Rather than overly aggressive and rigid "Enhanced Tree-Trimming," the Public Utility Regulatory Authority should require CL&P and UI to follow the prudent recommendations of the State Vegetation Management Task Force.

Public meetings will be held this Wednesday and Thursday. Please come speak up for our trees! 

Public meeting on CL&P's Plan 

6:30 PM - Public Information Session

Hearing Room 1, PURA office at 10 Franklin Sq, New Britain 

Public meeting on UI's Plan 

Hamden Middle School Auditorium, 2623 Dixwell Ave, Hamden