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Tree Removal in Colonial Acres
Tree work across Colonial Acres, on the deep lots east of Weber Street between Bridge Street and the Conestoga Parkway.
Colonial Acres is the neighbourhood people picture when they think of Waterloo's big lots. Built in the sixties on wide, deep properties, it was planted with a generosity that has produced the tallest suburban trees in the region: 25-metre spruce, silver maples with trunks approaching a metre, and lindens and ash to match. The storm calls come from here first. Spruce planted in rows for screening have grown tall and thin with root plates barely a metre deep, and a saturated thunderstorm or heavy wet snow tips them over whole, into fences, sheds and occasionally the house. The upside of the same lots is room: a spruce or a straight maple with a clear lane of lawn in front of it can often be felled in one piece, which is the least expensive way to remove anything, and there is usually space for a bucket truck in the drive or a crane on the wide streets. Stumps are often a row at a time. There is no City permit for a private tree here, boulevard trees go to Parks Services at 519-886-2310, and Enova Power's three-metre clearance rule applies around the lines that run along the rear lot lines through much of the neighbourhood.
Tree Removal services in Colonial Acres
- Large Tree Removal
- Storm Damage & Emergency Work
- Stump Grinding
- Pruning & Crown Reduction
- Ash Tree (EAB) Removal
Frequently asked questions
Do the Waterloo rules apply in St. Jacobs?
St. Jacobs is in the Township of Woolwich, so the City of Waterloo's bylaws do not apply and the township's own requirements are confirmed for the address. The Region's Woodland Conservation By-law and the CFIA ash regulated area cover the whole region including Woolwich.
Is there a travel charge outside the city?
No. St. Jacobs and the properties around Waterloo are quoted on the same terms as the city. The tree and the access set the price, not the postal code.
My lot backs onto a park. Whose tree is it?
If the trunk is on the park side of the property line it is the City's, and it is reported to Parks Services rather than cut. If it straddles the line it is shared. On the site visit we can usually tell, and where it is not obvious we ask the City before anything is touched.
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