West Hartford turns to new root system to avoid future Center sidewalk damage

West Hartford turns to new root system to avoid future Center sidewalk damage

Five West Hartford residents asked questions to town officials as they prepare to remove 38 trees on Farmington Avenue next week. It’s the next step in the town’s $10 million revitalization project for the Center. At a public hearing, residentsasked West Hartford town leaders why the towering honey locusts planted four decades ago must come down and whether anything could be done to save them. “It’s going to change that feeling dramatically,” sa…