Delray Beach’s massive banyan tree could be saved with new plan

We’ve heard from hundreds of you in the last 24 hours on our Facebook page after a vote by the Lake Worth Drainage District on Wednesday was made to cut down a massive banyan tree at Delray Beach Golf Club.

Now, we’re learning it could potentially be saved.

Could this banyan tree in Delray Beach be saved?

WPTV’s Joel Lopez has been working to find solutions and took your questions to Tommy Strowd, director of the Lake Worth Drainage District, to learn what it would take to save this massive tree.

It turns out Delray Beach would need to come up with a plan to trim it substantially so it no longer poses a threat to the canal. Otherwise, the tree will need to come down in the next 30 days…

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