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Majestic Cary oak won t be removed for aquatic center
Kimberly Kobos and her husband Salvador Islas, are breathing a sigh of relief after the Cary Park District decided it won t remove this 200-year-old oak tree across from their home. Burt Constable | Staff Photographer
The majestic oak tree across from their home in Cary is so large that Kimberly Kobos and her husband, Salvador Islas, can t give it a proper hug. Burt Constable | Staff Photographer
Updated 5/30/2021 5:59 PM
An oak tree in Cary that some residents were concerned would be cut down to make way for construction on the village s new aquatic facility will stay up, according to the Cary Park District.
A new water park is in the works for Cary. A couple who lives next to that project fear the park district will cut down a magnificent oak tree that s been around since the 1800s.
Updated 5/25/2021 9:57 AM
The fear in one house at the end of Adare Drive in Cary is the park district will kill the oldest resident in town to make room for a new aquatic facility with plastic slides and bubblers. At the very end of this road is this magnificent oak, says Kimberly Kobos, who fell in love with the tree after she moved into that house with her husband, Salvador Islas, in 1992. It s probably 200 years old.
The tree s fate, same as its towering branches, is up in the air. Will it be cut down to make way for water and sewer connections at the soon-to-be-built aquatic center?