Lisa from Littleton writes, “What’s driving you crazy? There are some severely overhanging trees on the south side of Bowles Ave just east of Pierce in Littleton. I have written to the city saying unless they are cut back, a couple of these top-heavy trees will come down ON TOP OF A PASSING CAR. This is my daily commute to work. With regards to my correspondence with the City of Littleton, I have gotten no response. Please help!”
When I went out to take a look it wasn’t hard to see these tree branches that are hanging over the roadway. There are places where all you see are trees over the road cut into the shape of a box from all the large trucks that keep the branches from growing any longer.
▶️ You can watch the video version of my report, in the player below.
It looks like some severely overhanging trees on Bowles could fall on a car
I talked with Jordan Blott, registered arborist and owner of Absolute Tree Care. Jordan’s office is just blocks away from Bowles in Littleton and he drives it almost every day. I asked Jordan how likely it would be that any of the branches of these trees could come down from a wind storm or from heavy snow.“What’s concerning to me are the cottonwoods.”…