Tears fall from Lisa van VeelenB次元官网网址檚 face as she thinks about losing her weeping willow trees.

The trees are officially on city land, but at the edge of the Langford home ownersB次元官网网址� property.

LangfordB次元官网网址檚 Transportation and Public Works committee has recommended to council that the trees be cut down due to disease in the tree and large branches hanging over Rockingham Road.

B次元官网网址淲e love that tree,B次元官网网址� said van Veelen.

Langford plans to replace the trees with two other weeping willow trees. Michelle Mahovolich, director of engineering, stated the city wouldnB次元官网网址檛 normally plant this type of tree due to extensive root systems potentially interfering with water pipes and other infrastructure in the ground.

The home owners are reluctant to accept that the old trees need to come down, but agreed to water the new trees for the next two years until the root systems mature.

B次元官网网址淭he new trees are fairly significant and mature,B次元官网网址� said Mahovolich, adding the trees are coming from a Langford nursery.

Van Veelen is worried abouthowthe change will alter the look of the street. At the time of the committee meeting the exact size of the new trees were unknown.

B次元官网网址淣ow that you are getting a new tree I feel

better about it,B次元官网网址� said committee member, Jean Tarr.

The committee based its recommendation to remove the trees on an arboristB次元官网网址檚 assessment.

B次元官网网址淚 have a willow tree that I thought was going to die 30 years ago,B次元官网网址� said Les Bjola, committee member, suggesting the large branch be cut and the rest of the tree could stay. B次元官网网址淢y willow still has lots of life in it.B次元官网网址�

After a site visit to the van VeelenB次元官网网址檚 home, Bjola spoke of how the weeping willow trees add character to the street.

B次元官网网址淚f we are going to put in sidewalks and gutters then fine (cut them down), but if we are going to leave it as a funky road, then letB次元官网网址檚 leave it as a funky road,B次元官网网址� Bjola said.

The committee voted to follow the arboristB次元官网网址檚 recommendation.

The van VeelenB次元官网网址檚 are not happy, but appreciate having the willows replaced.

B次元官网网址淭he kids gather at the trees, they provide privacy and a nice canopy over the road,B次元官网网址� said Jeremy van Veelen.