City Of Wheaton: City Parkway Tree Pruning Program Underway For 2021-2022 Season

Press release from the City of Wheaton:

December 8, 2021

The City’s Parkway Tree Pruning Program is underway for the 2021-2022 season as City crews and the City’s contractor, Winkler’s Tree Service, have started pruning parkway trees in Zone 6 of the Parkway Tree Pruning Program Zone Map. Zone 6 is primarily located south of Roosevelt Road and east of Naperville Road and Blanchard Street and consists of 3,141 parkway trees with trees ranging from 2-inch diameter to 66-inch diameter.

Residents will be notified periodically about pruning in their area and can expect to see City owned and contractor owned bucket trucks and chippers in work areas. Signage will be present to notify residents they are entering an active tree pruning work zone. 

For more information or questions, please contact the City of Wheaton Forestry Division at 1-630-260-2122.

Parkway Tree Pruning Program

The City’s Parkway Tree Pruning Program is a program that helps preserve the natural growth habits of the City’s parkway trees, and is also beneficial for the following reasons:

The City’s Forestry Division and City contractors prune 1 of 7 zones annually over a 7-year cycle as part of the program. Pruning zones can be found on the Parkway Tree Pruning Program Zone Map. The current 7-year cycle is as follows:

This press release was produced by the City of Wheaton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.