There’s a proper way of handling equipment and spotting the right branches to trim, he said.
He said Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research Extension and Education Service will soon conduct training on tree trimming.
They will be bringing experts to train personnel from the Saipan mayor’s office, the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., the Department of Public Works, the Department of Land and Natural Resources-Division of Parks and Recreation, and telephone and cable TV companies, Cabrera said.
“We are trying to help people,” he said, adding he was pleased the mayor’s partnership with P&A Corporation in tree trimming and cutting down dead trees.
Cabrera said he already marked the dead and dying trees on Beach Road.
This week, the mayor’s office and P&A Corporation cut down two dead flame trees at the Fishing Base in Garapan.
Cabrera said he will continue to make an inventory of trees that are posing danger to pedestrians and motorists.
He said there are three types of tree that should be “cut down or trimmed.”
Trees that are already dead because of fungus infection; those that look strong but are hallow inside because they have been eaten by termites; and those near power lines, which are the responsibility of CUC.
