The Kirby Drive road widening project is threatening nearly 300 trees, and tree-lovers all over Houston are raising a hue and cry:
Save the Kirby Drive trees! (Trees for Houston)
Kirby Drive reconstruction plans pose important questions, trade-offs (CTC’s Robin Holzer)
Trees for Houston vs. the Upper Kirby District TIRZ (Houston Strategies)
Kirby widening poses dangers (Gulf Coast Institute Blog)
Tree fight brewing in Upper Kirby district (KTRK-13)
However, the 200 or so trees along the path of Metro’s proposed Richmond light rail expansion have few advocates on their behalf. Recall that Metro has said it will replace mature oak trees with crape myrtles and pine trees which will make Richmond “more attractive” than it was to begin with, according to a Metro official.
Other than that, there appears to be little outcry for saving the Richmond trees.
But as we all know, roads are bad and mass transit is good. Therefore, it is okay to sacrifice some trees if it is for the cause of utopian transit.
