The city of Vancouver will be rescuing dozens of trees from the Arbutus Corridor before CP Rail resumes its work there.
The effort to remove the trees between 57th and 49th Avenue in the Kerrisdale area got underway this morning.
Howard Normann with the Vancouver Park Board spoke on BC1 this morning and said, in all, they will have to move anywhere from 100 to 150 trees.
WATCH: The City of Vancouver plans to remove up to 90 trees along the disputed Arbutus Corridor this morning. Howard Normann from the Vancouver Park Board explains.
“Quite a few of these trees have already been moved by the people who have originally put them in place,” says Normann. “So they found new homes already.”
Normann says tree removal averages about $150 per tree for the city, but the trees that require a motorized tree spade to be moved could cost as much as $450 a tree.
The railway has been clearing the area around the tracks to prepare for possible use by trains again.
CP is hoping to sell the 11-kilometre stretch of land for $100 million. The city countered with a $20 million offer. When the two parties could not agree on a price, CP Rail began to clear the corridor in August.
CP resumed their removal work in the area last month after the city lost their court battle over the Arbutus Rail Corridor in January.
There are several locations earmarked for the removed trees.
Hand-dug trees are going to be potted up and distributed to people who are interested in taking them home. Bigger trees are being moved to a greenway at a golf course on the Fraser River.
PHOTO GALLERY: Tree removal along Arbutus Corridor
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