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Stop Mowing Trees

Devlopers are ruining South Surrey. Acres of once verdant urban forest are now filled with houses and townhomes. The city seems to be fine with this but it is very short-sighted. If you must allow development, at least force planting of evergreens — drought-resistant varieties. Ornametal trees may please home buyers but they do nothing for the enviroment.
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Where have all the trees gone!

Thank you for asking for public input but it should be obvious what we need to do about trees! We need to make saving them a priority! Stop listening to people complaining about debris on their cars and in their gutters. These are inconveniences. Wake up! our world is on fire!I appreciate that the city of surrey has been planting Boulevard and city trees but I can see that they are all well behaved small trees that won’t inconvenience drivers and giant houses that are practically on the sidewalk. We need large trees that create canopy and shade and a…
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vgildenstern@shaw.ca

The Public parks are beautiful. We need to be alot more aware of massive developments occuring on Hills in South Surrey. Trees are being clear cut. It's inviting flooding and doing nothing for the environmental. Our big trees need left alone.

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