Sick Trees along the ROW

Who would you notify if your home is adjacent to the ROW and some aging / diseased trees are threatening your property?

Submit a complaint on the MTA website.

Define "threatening your property"....

Will they fall on your house? Garage? Power lines?

If they're not a threat to a structure, I don't know what recourse you have to force action on the railroad's property, but I know in my state, you can legally cut back limbs that extend onto your property line.

If they're a threat to the power lines, just call LILCO or whoever it is these days. It's cheaper for them to hire a contractor to come remove branches than it is to fix a power line using overtime.

If the trees pose a threat to power lines, which utility company should be contacted to address the issue?

If it's power lines on your property, check the deed for who holds the easement. Or maybe call 811. They are primarily underground locating but might be able to help if it's a real emergency.

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tidycoach wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 4:31 am If the trees pose a threat to power lines, which utility company should be contacted to address the issue?

TC (and EM): Do you live on Long Island? Contact - Electric:
PSE&G Long Island - Nassau, Suffolk Counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens Borough
Con Edison - All other areas of the 5 Boroughs of the City of New York and Westchester County
ALSO - For Telephone Lines: Verizon; For Cable TV: Optimum Cablevision
MACTRAXX

ErnieM wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 8:38 pm Who would you notify if your home is adjacent to the ROW and some aging / diseased trees are threatening your property?

EM - What is the location of this problem? Do you have any photos to share with either the LIRR and/or
to post and show here? This is a subject that should be handled yourself by contacting the LIRR to address the
concerns that you have - any feedback that you get here at RR.Net will be only suggestions - and is not official...

Keep in mind RR.Net is rail enthusiast-oriented first and foremost...MACTRAXX

eolesen wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:22 pmIf they're a threat to the power lines, just call LILCO or whoever it is these days. It's cheaper for them to hire a contractor to come remove branches than it is to fix a power line using overtime.

Here in CT, in most of the state, Neversource has decrepit old open-wire power lines that can be taken out by tree branches. They are starting to put up some aerial cable, but the town of Wallingford that has a muni PoCo has been using Hendrix Aerial Cable since the 1980's with stronger, taller poles, heavier bolts and brackets, and better installation practices. Thus, they rarely trim trees, they just let them fall on the lines, and the lines keep operating, as the steel messenger cable are rated to take a 3" branch without affecting the operation of the power lines, and often can take much larger. Their lines are up high enough that there are rarely branches larger than 3" high enough up to threaten the power lines. They also have all of their arms for underground feeds parallel to the messenger wire so that it protects them as well.

The answer isn't to play whack-a-mole with trees, it's to build power lines that are designed to take the hit from the tree and keep operating. All three phase distribution lines should be upgraded to a minimum of 22kV carried by Hendrix Aerial Cable.

Our local EMC is replacing poles as needed with much taller poles and feeders higher. Also cutting back on trees within 20 - 30 feet of power lines.