Standard-Examiner: Ogden Officials Shocked by Tree Removal by Moron Contractor

Mature sycamores are what we had on Ogden's Laurel Drive up until recently; and that's what we should have in the near future, don'tcha thinks...?

ICO Construction

Particularly aggravating story on the Front page of the Standard-Examiner today, reporting that another greedy brain-dead local developer, namely ICO Construction, made an "off the cuff" "judgment call" to "remove" a stand of 60-year old Sycamores in the vicinity of old St. Benedicts' Hospital site, which according to the most recent Ogden City planning idiocy, is destined to become, if the developer has its way, Ogden's newest "Elderly-housing Facility," LOL. .

Read up, folks:

• Ogden officials shocked by tree removal by contractor

Just to put in all in perspective, here's a Google Earth photo, showing by overhead view, what the subject site looked like before the greed-head ICO culprits marched into the area with their chainsaws:

And here are some ground-level photos, squeezed out by your blogmeister just today, showing this formerly lush and green, former nuns' quarters', formerly sycamore-lined curbside terrain, in the aftermath:

According to todays S-E story, Ogden City Planner Rick Grover says that the city will soon meet with ICO to discuss ways to remedy the situation. “We are going to be meeting with the contractor to see what can be done to possibly make a small dent into what has happened,” he said. “It would take close to 60 to 70 years before those trees get back to where they were (if the same type of tree were replanted,” Grover says.

That's nice, we guess. But here's what we think Ogden City ought to insist on doing about this.

• Instant Shade... it's cheaper than you think!

Hopefully Mayor Mike and his all-star staff will hammer these ICO jacknapes hard.

Mature sycamores are what we had at the intersection of Ogden's Laurel Drive and Polk Avenue until recently.  That's what we should have in the near future; and that's what ICO Construction should pay for, don'tcha thinks...?