Tree removal ‘reprehensible’

To the editor:

In a letter published in last week’s Enterprise, an author wrote in favor of the current proposed routing of Segment 9 of the SBHT. His arguments are reprehensible, short-sighted, and out-of-date.

First, he notes that few trees in the trail’s footprint will live to be adults. He estimates about 284 of the 7,300 trees to be removed will be saved. Arguing that because something will die naturally, it is justifiable to destroy it now. This is both alarming and reprehensible.