NEWS PHOTO GILLIAN SLADE -- City crews were out early Wednesday morning removing a tree on Third Street downtown.
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The City of Medicine Hat says the removal of a tree on Third Street downtown was to correct an issue that had occurred overnight.
Early Wednesday morning city parks and recreations crews were at work removing a tree at a pedestrian crossing downtown near 20/20 Vision.
Scott Richter, manager for parks and recreation, says the tree in question was removed because it had broken in half on Tuesday night.
For the observant who have noted that other trees have been removed downtown, this has only happened when the tree has been in bad condition or actually dead.
“The only time we remove trees is if the health or hazard is present,” said Richter.
The city does have plans to ultimately replace the trees.
Richter says there are plans to eventually upgrade the boulevards on Third Street, like the ones on Second Street were done in the last few years. The trees on Third Street will only be replaced when that work takes place.
