SCE Tree Cutters Trucks Headed Towards Malibu Park Next
Written by 991KBU on July 22, 2019
Tree cutting by Southern California Edison crews is supposed to begin in the Malibu Park area as early as today.
Trucks are scheduled to fan out on Morning View Drive and nearby streets this week … as the utility company removes branches within 12 feet of live wires.
Hundreds of trees are likely to be trimmed back.
Trees that are protected as native trees by city ordinances will get trimmed … but the utility says it will not cut any major tree limbs or branches on protected trees.
The city has a lost of addresses where these protected trees will get slight trimming … under review by a city-hired tree expert.
We have a list of those addresses posted at the KBUU Newswire site.
https://www.malibucity.org/DocumentCenter/View/24738/3Grid5SensitiveTreeLIst
Most of the protected trees are sycamores.
But some are oaks and walnuts.
Other trees are not protected … and the power company has the green light to cut those back as needed.
Those include such fast growing and flame friendly species as pine and eucalyptus.
Trees are scheduled to be trimmed … starting today … in the area from Malibu West … along Morning View Drive … and on other Malibu park streets as far east as Busch Drive.
