London, ON reduces the costs of residential tree maintenance with the Veteran Tree Incentive Program

London, ON Veteran Tree Incentive Program Maintenance

In Progress

The one-year pilot encourages households to maintain Distinctive Trees on their lots. Distinctive Trees are at least 50 centimeters in diameter and at least 1.4 meters tall. London provides up to $1,000 CAD per tree for qualifying maintenance by residents. Actions eligible for the program include moving structures away from aging trees and working with arborists to remove difficult-to-reach gypsy moth infestations.

Pilot / POC Parks and Recreation Environmental Services

London, ON

City in Ontario

Canada

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Privately owned trees | City of London

The City of London Municipal Council approved the new City of London Tree Protection By-law C.P.-1555-252 at it’s November 24, 2020 meeting with it going into effect March 1, 2021. Residents, industry experts, prior users of the permitting system and the Trees & Forests Advisory Committee were consulted as part of the crafting of the by-law.

Newsworthy

City of London debuts Veteran Tree Incentive Program | City of London

The City of London is helping Londoners maintain their large veteran trees f

City pilot project looks to maintain, protect London’s old, large trees - London | Globalnews.ca

The city says the Veteran Tree Incentive Program aims to help London homeowners with veteran trees on their properties maintain them for longer.

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