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Colorado Springs city officials will have 100 trees, most more than a century old, removed from downtown medians this summer.
The trees are dead or dying from drought or drought-related disease, casualties of dry conditions and city watering cutbacks. They are some of the oldest in the city, planted to provide some foliage in a young city once derided as ugly and treeless.
Now they are safety hazards that can be blown over by high winds.
The city has marked the trees to be removed with orange dots. Removal will start June 21 and last several months.
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