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Trees Planted by the City in East Portland Two Years Ago Are Dead Because the City Didn’t Water Them (www.wweek.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about we not fund planting the trees unless we also have the funding to maintain them until they get fully established?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The really bizarre thing is that the contract covered the watering for the first year, and only then reverted to an ODOT responsibility. Which means that maintenance was definitely discussed at some point during the planning phase. Someone at ODOT really screwed up here.