South Oyster Bay Road has 40-year-old trees lining the roadway. They are mainly beautiful sycamores. They form a canopy of shade across the road, give home to nesting birds, put oxygen into the air we breathe, and add to the beauty of Hicksville, Plainview, and Syosset. They are also slated for slaughter, a cutting down due to the shortsightedness of our politicians.
Walkable sidewalks can be erected without cutting down these valuable assets, a legacy to our communities. Why doesn’t the Town of Oyster Bay look at the ways other towns in the United States have managed to keep their trees and replace the sidewalks in a 21st Century fashion?
Why must we always cut rather than conserve?
— Elaine Peters
