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January/February 2022
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
SAFETY OF BIKE PATH IMPROVED IN LONDON
Davey Canada's Strathroy office improved the safety of a bike path
along the Thames River in London, Ontario. Davey Canada employees
Gary Macdonald, foreman, and Ben Gambriel, groundperson,
managed the project for the city of London.
SAFETY
Joggers, walkers, cyclists and other exercise-seekers have
a safer path to tread along the Thames River in London,
Ontario, thanks to the work of crews from the Davey Tree
Expert Co. of Canada, Ltd., Strathroy Residential office.
The pavement along the Thames Valley Parkway had
buckled along a stretch of trail in the Kilally Meadows
environmentally sensitive area (ESA) due to the roots
of numerous trees growing underneath the path.
Ryan Statham, district manager, Strathroy office, said
crews removed a total 60 trees for the city of London
as part of the Parks Division's trail revitalization project.
"Over time tree roots had started lifting up the asphalt on
the bike path in a fairly significant way," Statham said. "If you
were riding or walking along the path, you would have a
difficult time because of the roots. It's heavily trafficked
and runs from one side of London to other. People use it
to commute to work and for recreation on the weekends."
Cleveland's tree canopy grew by 120 trees this past fall as
Davey partnered with Western Reserve Land Conservancy
and the Scott and Julie Mawaka Charitable Foundation to
sponsor the ROC in CLE Reforest Our City initiative.
Numerous Davey employees from operations throughout
Northeast Ohio volunteered for six planting events, during
which the trees were planted in residential neighborhoods.
Over the next 20 years, the 120 trees planted are estimated
to sequester over 73,100 pounds of carbon dioxide
equivalent (CO2-eq), intercept over 583,800 gallons of
stormwater, and remove over 350 pounds of air pollutants.
PARTNERSHIP GROWS CLEVELAND CANOPY
Chrissy Balk, technical advisor, Davey Institute, along with her
husband Brett, was one of many Davey employees who took
part in an ROC in CLE planting. Also pictured are Jay, Jack, and
Allie Mayle, the children of Kara Mayle, senior project manager,
corporate communications.
