On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:57:29 -0400, 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.

If a windstorm blew the tree over onto the roadway.......

You get the idea, don't you?

What's more important, your view of your tree or the ability of the
fire engine or ambulance to make it to the person in distress?