Farmington Everbridge Emergency and Community Alert System<\/a><\/strong> sent the following notification:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
“Farmington Ave(Rt.4) closed from West Avon Rd (Rt.167) and Brickyard Rd. This closure is due to a tree and power lines that have fallen across the road. Please seek an alternate route.”<\/p>\n
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Within minutes the precise location of the downed tree was located by Farmington residents, alternate routes to work were planned. Then the real work began.<\/p>\n
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What type of tree caused an issue on the already problematic Route 4:\u00a0 a willow, a Norway maple?\u00a0 Theories abounded while it was still dark outside and without anyone even getting out of bed.<\/p>\n
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“It’s got to be a maple,” said Noah Tall, always the first to chime in without any evidence.<\/p>\n
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Balsam Fir, white spruce, cedar, hemlock, all were considered as potential candidates.\u00a0 Also, that portion of Route 4 runs close to the Farmington River and tends to be a wet area.\u00a0 With wind-gusts of up to 65 mph during last night’s storm, the likely cause was windthrow, or\u00a0the uprooting and overthrowing of trees by the wind.<\/p>\n
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In the end, it was determined to be a white pine or pinus strobus<\/em>. “I knew it would be coniferous,” said longtime resident, Louis Root, “The white pine has most of its foliage concentrated at the top and is shallow-rooted.\u00a0 This makes it easy to topple in high winds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
For tree concerns on Town roads or Town right-of-ways, please call the Highway & Grounds office at 860-675-2550.<\/h3>\n
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