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Brent Sabo has lived in his Livonia home for four years, and he says the big honey locust tree is his front yard does a lot more than create shade.
It reduces noise pollution from nearby Interstate 275 and Interstate 96, creates a pleasing neighborhood aesthetic and helps keep the air clean.
Now, it and 23 other trees on Blue Skies Street are coming down for a road and sewer repair project being done by the city. Officials say the trees cause a hazard for the work, and it's possible the construction work would damage roots to the point that the trees would die regardless.