The city pushed pause on a controversial proposal to remove 24 trees along a stretch of Goodhue Boulevard leading up to the southern entrance of the state Capitol so there’s more time for discussion — and the state is watching.
The $140,000 to remove the trees and replace them with 70 new trees along Goodhue and the main intersections between A and H streets comes from the federal Inflation Reduction Act, via the Nebraska Forestry Service.
The 2022 federal law made the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history, including an eye-popping $1.5 billion for community urban forestry across the nation.
The city has changed its proposal to cut down 29 trees along Goodhue Boulevard and instead plans to remove 24 while planting 70 new trees.
Of that, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $250 million to the states and of that, Nebraska got $1.87 million. The …