Wallingford Resident Files Lawsuit in Attempt to Save Downtown Trees

A Wallingford resident is suing the town and the Public Works Director in an effort to save 29 Callery pear trees along North Main Street that are slated to come down as part of the third phase of the town’s tree replacement program, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

The Record-Journal reports that Gina Morgenstein filed the lawsuit, which names Henry McCully, who is also the town’s tree warden in addition to Public Works Director, along with the town of Wallingford.

Morgenstein is appealing the town’s decision to remove the trees and claims in the lawsuit that “No tree or trees exist in such a condition that the public safety demands the removal or pruning of said tree or trees,” as required by state statute and town ordinance, according to the Record-Journal.

The town cut down 38 pear trees along Center Street this past September

Read the full story at the Meriden Record-Journal here.

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