This Halloween the tales of Virginia Beach’s Elbow Road are a little less spooky now that a large amount of trees have been removed over the last few weeks.
The tree removal is all part of the widening project for Elbow Road which got underway in September.
“Almost every week, somebody gets into the ditch,” Jose Callangan, a resident who lives off of Elbow Road, said.
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Callangan said for almost 30 years he’s felt like he’s heard improvement coming to Elbow Road and over the last few weeks you can see the change start.
“I miss all the trees that were cut down,” Callangan said.
John Hood The trees were cut down because it is an area that will be the new site for a new bridge.
“The trees are in the area where the new bridge across the North Landing River will run,” Dustin Kwok, project manager for the City of Virginia Beach, said. “The next step after they clear it they’re going to be building some temporary access points.”