General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

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Yes, replacing dead/damaged trees with new ones and adding new tree grates designed by a local artist. Sort of an interim project towards the bigger vision for Willis Way that they are working on: https://www.engagewr.ca/reimagining-willis-way

All of the trees have been replaced now.

Why do Canadian cities seem to fail across the board to have mature tree canopies in urban areas? We have countless old suburbs with them, but none of our just-as-old urban areas have them. Is it just for a lack of trying, or some other challenge that other countries don't face?

Trees aren't the only factor, but it's hard to call such bleak environments home for very long.

This is super long ago now but I remember hearing about Dutch Elm Disease in Montreal which was a decade before I was a kid... there are probably multiple factors.