Adams Street residents, please read the email below and let me know what your preference is regarding the planting of elm trees. Thank you!
Peace,
Horacio Sierra, Ph.D.
ANC 5E08 Commissioner 5E08@anc.dc.gov
FROM DC WATER:
As part of the restoration work
for the 1St Street Tunnel and Small Diameter Projects we planned to
install several new Street Trees along Adams Street between 2nd and
1st Street. There has been an issue in obtaining the tree species
from our vendor. The landscaping contractor has not been able to find the
Accolade Elm since these trees are only available in early fall, but they were
able to find a similar tree called Princeton Elm. The contractor indicated that
Princeton Elm is very close in characteristic to the Accolade Elm tree.
We are proposing presenting the
following options to the affected residents: 1) Install the similar Princeton
Elm trees; or 2) Come back in fall to install the Accolade Elm tree. Do you
have a way to contact the Adams Street residents to get their input?
Furthermore, the additional
ornamental tree fences that are being installed south side of Adams St. NW have
a confirmed delivery date of 6/5/17. These ornamental fences therefore these
will not be installed in time for the community event on 6/3/17. The Contractor
has confirmed that the remaining landscaping will be completed no later than
6/2/17, provided we are able to install the Princeton Elm in place of the
Accolade Elm.
1 comment:
I did a quick look online and found both trees. Both are good street trees, are resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, and Elm Beetles. Princeton Elms do seem to grow a bit larger, but that seems to be minor. Live on Flagler and not Adams, but they seems like a reasonable substitution.
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