Legal notice: DPW hearing on trees

LEGAL NOTICE — DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

On Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the DPW office, 30 Lewis Street, a Public Hearing will be held by the Tree Warden, Deputy Tree Warden and/or their designees to consider the removal of the below trees in the Public Right-of-Way. This meeting is consistent with the requirements of the Shade Tree Act (MGL,c.87) and Scenic Road Act.

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The cutting and removal of the following trees has been made at the request of Eversource Energy. The trees have been marked and are being considered for removal because they are dead, in decline, or otherwise posing a safety or operational hazard to the safe and reliable operation of the Eversource Energy electrical system. The trees are marked as to size category and type along the following roads:

1. 34 Bedford Rd. One 6”-12” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 1/65 to 1/66.
2. 8 Sandy Pond Rd. One 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 23/3 to 23/4.
3. Near 7 Baker Bridge Rd. One 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 6/1 to 6/2.
4. Near 7 Baker Bridge Rd. One 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 6/2 to 6/3.
5. 8 Hillside Rd. One 6”-12” ash with emerald ash borer and two 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 16/4 to 16/5
6. Near 161 Concord Rd. Three multi-stemmed ash with emerald ash borer. Three stems are 6”-12”, two are 12”-18”. Poles 7/74 to 7/75
7. 3 Hillside Rd. One 12”-18” dead hemlock. Poles 7/81 to 16/1.
8. 31 Old Concord Rd. One 6”-12” dead Norway maple. Poles 60/13 to 60/14.
9. 31 Old Concord Rd. One 12”-18” dead Norway maple. Poles 60/14 to 60/15.
10. 31 Old Concord Rd. One 36+ oak with storm damage and overhang, abutter request. Pole 60/15.
11. 60 South Great Rd. One 18”-24” ash with emerald ash borer. Pole 30/114.
12. 28 Farrar Rd. One 12”-18” dead sugar maple, and one 24”-30” ash with emerald ash borer. Pole 8/13.
13. 23 Blueberry Ln. Two 12”-18” dead black birch. Poles 57/10 to 82/10.
14. Across from 39 Lexington Rd. One 6”-12” dead elm. Poles 22/64 to 22/65.
15. Near 80 Trapelo Rd. One 18”-24” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 15/46 to 15/47.
16. Near 14 Winter St. One 6”-12” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 14/x2 to 14/x3.
17. 60 Lincoln Rd. One 12”-18” elm, strong decline likely from Dutch elm disease. Poles 24/27 to 24/28.
18. 88 Lincoln Rd. One 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Pole 24/33.
19. Across from 38 Codman Rd. One 18”-24” ash with emerald ash borer. Pole 46/31.
20. 270 South Great Rd. One two-stemmed ash with emerald ash borer. One stem is 1.5”-6”, the other is 12”-18”. Pole 30/30.
21. 169 Lincoln Rd. One 36”+ ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 4/70 to 4/71.
22. Near 208 Tower Rd. One 18”-24” with emerald ash borer. Pole 50/88.
23. Across from 237 Tower Rd. One 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 50/101 to 50/102.
24. 17 Weston Rd. One 24”-30” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 24/1 to 25/0.
25. 17 Weston Rd. Two 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 25/5 to 25/6.
26. Across from 91 Weston Rd. One 12”-18” ash with emerald ash borer. Poles 25/37 to 25/38.