The Amagansett Village Improvement Society, in carrying out its mission to keep the hamlet beautiful, is having trees pruned on Main Street from the Amagansett School east to St. Michael’s Lutheran Church. The work, which is being done by Whitmores, will continue through the rest of this month. Look for the AVIS banner to see which trees are being pruned.
Dana Tripp, a certified arborist formerly of Cape Cod and now of East Hampton, has been working since last spring with the AVIS to make a “hazard risk” assessment of the trees lining Main Street and Route 27, first inspecting them to determine which ones pose too great a risk to pedestrians or motorists to remain in place, then pruning some lower branches of others to remove the risk of people hitting their heads on them or car doors damaging them, as well as branches that are split or cracked or have decay or hollows in them.
The trees Whitmores has been caring for are various: London plane trees, Norway maples, American elms, linden trees, red maples, sycamore maples, horse chestnuts, and sweetgum trees.
Whatever trees are felled will at some point be replaced.
