A reader who lives in the Columns Drive area got in touch with us last week after noticing that some orange flags that had been placed on median trees by Cobb DOT officials for possible removal had been replaced by red flags.
It’s part of a process by Cobb DOT to identify and ultimately remove trees that county officials say are becoming safety hazards. We first reported on this in March, after a petition drive was started to protest the possible removals.
The petition was sent to Cobb commissioners, and the county decided at that time to re-evaluate to see which trees “pose an imminent risk to the traveling public.” When we checked back in on Tuesday, a county spokesman said that process is still going on.
Our reader said that the flags “are not on every tree but are on a bunch of them. At the opening where River Heights [Crossing] is the red stripes are on several trees in that area.”
Ross Cavitt, the county spokesman, told us that Cobb DOT has met with a homeowner’s group committee “and worked on coming up with a consensus on the scope of work along Columns. The flags were likely part of that effort.
“However, they say the plans are not finalized, they want to do some further public outreach, and no timeline for work on Columns has been set.”
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