2 Freeway Terminus Redesign: Why We Care So Much About The Trees

 


Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 1, 2009.  Trees on the Silver Lake side of the 2 Freeway would all be cut down and we would get 8-16' high sound walls. Photos shot from the Oak Glen Overpass facing north toward Silver Lake and the 5 Freeway. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

 

Trees do more than just clean the air and store carbon.  Trees trap particulate matter and have other benefits to