Compromise reached on W. Federal tree plan

Compromise reached on W. Federal tree plan

YOUNGSTOWN — It’s a compromise involving 80 parking slots and 18 trees.

City council’s building and grounds committee met Friday afternoon to learn the latest plan for the tree-lined medians along a portion of West Federal Street.

Committee members voted to recommend the plan to city council.

Planning for the $550,000 project began about two years ago, and work was to start this month. But opposition from several members of the public sent the plan back to the drawing board.

That plan, which drew criticism at a public meeting last month, called for removing the medians with 22 trees on West Federal between Fifth Avenue and Phelps Street and replacing them with smaller ones.

It also changed parking from 42 parallel spots to 66 diagonal parking places.

The city also plans to resurface the street and make additional infrastructure improvements.

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