Silly Question... How expensive is an operation like this with years of planning, tons of tools, heavy equipment and manpower? I assume that this developer had more money than common sense but ouch his credit card must still be burning hot for those trees to be moved.
Sometime back I saw some photos on line of a large tree move in California of some large oaks at the University of California ( I think).
There were protestors living on the trees for a year or so before they compromised and the University agreed to move the trees rather than chop them down. Those trees appeared larger in size, older and probably very valuable but they were on the way of the construction of a new (American)football stadium. You know, in the US we have our priorities a bit screwed up, football is more important than education! ( apparently it makes more money too!) The coach at the local University makes 2.5 million per year while the University President (the Big Boss) makes only 500K.
By the way Thanks Sean for posting all the info and the photos, great job!
