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What is a tree worth?

PBOT has different answers, depending on who's asking

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Allan Classen
Mar 11, 2025
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A grand street tree at Southwest Sixth near Jefferson takes priority over a parking stall.

When a neighborhood representative suggested that expanding tree wells to protect prominent trees, Stanley Ong, who manages the Northwest Parking Stakeholders Advisory Committee for the Portland Bureau of Transportation, said, “Expanding the tree vault into the str…

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