John Reber wrote:
When I arrived home from work yesterday, something seemed different.

I looked up and 2 trees on either side of my driveway had all of their
branches cut off up to approx 25'. The trees are close to the road and
I could understand branches being trimmed on the road side, but they cut
all branches, including the ones on my side.

Is this a normal cutting technique? There is no interference to utility
wires, as all wire runs underground across the street from me.

I did contact MD State Highway Administration, and the person I did
speak to said my road was their jurisdiction, but the person who would
know was out of the office, attending a meeting, but assured me they
would return my call to answer any specific questions.

Not sure whether you mean the topped the tree at 25' or cleared the
undercanopy up to that height. Given it wasn't for utilities I would
assume it wasn't topped.

Either is a fairly common practice by maintenance although the
abomination topping is fortunately less common than it once was (at
least in enlightened jurisdictions).

If the trees are on the right-of-way, it would be likely they're taking
preemptive action for long term visibility concerns. If they clear only
the bare minimum of low branches required for visibility today, it's not
that long before it may be needed again. If they trim high, takes a lot
longer for it to be a problem again.

Since the trees are in the street side right of way, they're theirs,
effectively, not yours. That they did all of them instead of leaving
them lopsided is probably better, actually than if they hadn't.

Don't think there's much really to talk about...

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